2026-09-22T13:05:32Zhttps://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/server/oai/requestoai:null:10339/907282026-09-18T13:18:25Zcom_10339_14934col_10339_38132
Wyont, Logan Matthew
2018-05-24T08:36:09Z
2018-05-24T08:36:09Z
2018
https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/90728
The current system of federalism in the United States that allows individual state
control over reproductive healthcare laws
creates a discriminatory impact for gay male
couples based upon geographic location. Thus, gay male couples who seek to
become
parents whe
re one of the intended fathers is biologically related to the child
, may be
unable to do so depending on the laws that govern reproductive technology in the state
they live in. In order to remedy this blatant discrimination, the United States Supreme
Court
should extend the currently recognized constitutional right to reproduce. This
extension would allow the current right to reproduce to encompass a negative right to
access reproductive healthcare. The Supreme Court should declare that all United States
ci
tizens
should be
able to access the means necessary to reproduce regardless of their
classification.
en
Wake Forest University
Discrimination
Federalism
Gay Male Couples
Inequities
Law
Reproductive Healthcare
Addressing the Inequities in Access to Reproductive Healthcare for Gay Male Couples
Thesis
Coughlin, Christine N.
Iltis, Ana S.
Parker, Wendy
Bioethics
open.access