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[-] wjrii@lemmy.world -3 points 22 hours ago
  1. The genetic details absolutely matter. There's no one factor that's determinative, but it's utter bullshit to say the nature half of nature versus nurture doesn't matter. It matters even for adoption within similar ethnic backgrounds, to say nothing of trans-racial adoption.

  2. The main thing is the child's welfare, and what's best for kids is that as many natural families as is at all practicable have the resources to raise them. The fact that we route so many resources to get babies into the hands of rich white couples instead of supporting communities and families so that an unplanned pregnancy is not a disaster is what is bad for child welfare.

[-] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

In English, the word “parent” can be used in two important but very different ways.

  1. Biologically, conveying causal information about gametes and probability distributions of genetic data.

  2. Normatively, implying duties, rights, and responsibilities associated with certain close human relationships.

While it’s true that people often love their biological children and vice versa, the relevant fact is the emotional bond, not the biological one, which has no normative import.

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