Since the early 1980's, with the clinical advent of in vitro fertilization resulting in so-called
“test tube babies,” a wide array of ethical considerations and concerns regarding artificial …

We can imagine a world in which ectogenesis provides a safe gestating space that
eliminates maternal morbidity and mortality while maximising healthy outcomes for babies …

This paper calls for the development of a method of ectogestation as an emancipatory
intervention for women. I argue that ectogestation would have a dual social benefit: first, by …

Ectogenesis, the gestation of the foetus outside of the human body, will not for much longer
be in the realm of science fiction; a number of projects attempting to develop ectogenetic …

In a recent publication, I argued that there is a conceptual difference between artificial womb
(AW) technology, capable of facilitating gestation ex utero, and neonatal intensive care …

A 2017 Nature report was widely touted as hailing the arrival of the artificial womb. But the
scientists involved claim their technology is merely an improvement in neonatal care. This …

De Bie et al.(2023) note that most of the recent ethical literature has focused on complete
ectogenesis, at the expense of tackling important more immediate ethical considerations …

Summary Peri-viability, 22–26 completed weeks' gestational age, has generated ongoing
clinical ethical controversies concerning the roles of abortion, caesarean delivery for fetal …

If there is any contemporary debate that is intractable, the debate about abortion is. The
intractability arises particularly on account of those who oppose all abortions and those who …

Most existing literature on the ethics of full ectogenesis has proceeded under the
presupposition that science will at some point produce sophisticated technologies for full …