In this article I will focus on two important aspects of children's rights which are impacted by artificial reproductive technology (particularly surrogacy); being the rights to identity and the rights to legal parentage. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child acknowledges the importance of a child's right to identity, to be protected from discrimination on the basis of the status or beliefs of the child's parents, legal guardians or family members. For many children born through surrogacy arrangements, they may have only one or no legally recognized parent. The adults caring for them may have parental responsibility orders but this falls well short of providing children with the benefits and protections that legal parentage does. The issue of identity can be complex. Increasingly, states have recognized the importance of children knowing the circumstances of their birth and being able to access biological and genetic information including medical information. From a child's perspective the issues of identity and parenthood are intertwined. Given the importance of identity, more needs to be done to ensure that identifying information about children born as a result of artificial reproductive technology is properly stored and readily accessible for these children. Denying a child legal parentage when there are no concerns about the care being provided by their parents cannot be justified when considered from a children's rights perspective.

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代孕，身份，父母身份和儿童权利–通过儿童的眼光

在本文中，我将重点关注受人工生殖技术（尤其是代孕）影响的儿童权利的两个重要方面；是身份权和合法育儿权。《联合国儿童权利公约》承认儿童的身份权非常重要，必须根据其父母，法定监护人或家庭成员的身份或信仰，保护儿童不受歧视的权利。对于许多通过代孕安排出生的孩子，他们可能只有一个或没有一个法律认可的父母。照顾他们的成年人可能有父母责任令，但这远远不能给孩子提供合法父母身份带来的好处和保护。身份问题可能很复杂。日益，各州已经认识到儿童了解其出生情况并能够获取生物学和遗传信息（包括医学信息）的重要性。从孩子的角度来看，身份和父母身份的问题是交织在一起的。考虑到身份的重要性，需要做更多的工作以确保有关人工生殖技术所生儿童的身份信息得到适当的存储，并便于这些儿童使用。从儿童权利的角度考虑，在不担心父母提供的照料的情况下拒绝儿童合法父母身份是没有道理的。我的观点是身份和父母身份的问题交织在一起。考虑到身份的重要性，需要做更多的工作以确保有关人工生殖技术所生儿童的身份信息得到适当的存储，并便于这些儿童使用。从儿童权利的角度考虑，在不担心父母提供的照料的情况下拒绝儿童合法父母身份是没有道理的。我的观点是身份和父母身份的问题交织在一起。考虑到身份的重要性，需要做更多的工作以确保有关人工生殖技术所生儿童的身份信息得到适当的存储，并便于这些儿童使用。从儿童权利的角度考虑，在不担心父母提供的照料的情况下拒绝儿童合法父母身份是没有道理的。