... nullius – as if they had no biological fathers. With no linkbetween fathers and fetuses, no inheritance of harm could be attributed to the father’s use of drugs. The absence of fathers in debates ... thrown into question by a larger shift in the dominant paradigm of fertility and reproduction, a shift generated by the development of the ‘seductive egg’ theory.119Between fathers and fetuses The ... are well aware of the eVects that maternal smoking, drinking and exposure to certain drugs can have on the fetus, far less is known about the father’s role in producing healthy oVspring’ (Merewood,...