What's My Place in this World? A Response to Professor Ellen Waldman's 'What Do We Tell the Children?'
26 Pages
Posted: 21 Mar 2015
Regent University - School of Law
Date Written: March 19, 2006
Abstract
Ask a child what she wants to know about her parents, and herself, and she’ll likely respond, according to her age, with something having to do with her search for meaning in life. A child, particularly one approaching young adulthood, wants to know what her origins are and what they mean for her future. The debate presented by this Wells Conference panel asked what children of assisted reproductive techniques (ART) should be told. This Article responds to Professor Ellen Waldman’s suggestions by seeking to listen to children themselves to discern their deepest needs, above all adult voices.
Keywords: assisted reproduction, IVF, child[ren, genetic, biological, identity
JEL Classification: K10
Suggested Citation:
Suggested Citation
Kohm, Lynne Marie, What's My Place in this World? A Response to Professor Ellen Waldman's 'What Do We Tell the Children?' (March 19, 2006). 35 Capital U. L. Rev. 563 (2006). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2581055
