Assisted Reproduction and the Courts

Abstract

In this article, the authors analyze appellate court cases heard in California between 1960 and 2000 that focus on the status of children conceived through reproductive technology in an effort to examine the role of the courts in defining parentage and family in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. In the absence of legislation, the primary locus of family policy regarding children created via reproductive technology will continue to be the courts.