The perfect womb: Promoting equality of (fetal) opportunity

E Kendal - Journal of bioethical inquiry, 2017 - Springer
This paper aims to address how artificial gestation might affect equality of opportunity for the
unborn and any resultant generation of “ectogenetic” babies. It will first explore the current …

The ethics of ectogenesis‐aided foetal treatment

S Segers, G Pennings, H Mertes - Bioethics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we aim to stimulate ethical debate about the morally relevant connection
between ectogenesis and the foetus as a potential beneficiary of treatment. Ectogenesis …

Equitable access to ectogenesis for sexual and gender minorities

LL Kimberly, ME Sutter, GP Quinn - Bioethics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As the technology for ectogenesis continues to advance, the ethical implications of such
developments should be thoroughly and proactively explored. The possibility of full …

Ectogenesis and the Ethics of Care

S Gelfand - Ectogenesis, 2006 - brill.com
It is not difficult to imagine a future in which ectogenetic technology will be available to
gestate for the full term an embryo conceived through the use of in vitro fertilization. In other …

Partial ectogenesis: freedom, equality and political perspective

EC Romanis - Journal of medical ethics, 2020 - jme.bmj.com
In this commentary, I consider how Giulia Cavaliere's arguments about the limited reach of
the current justifications offered for full ectogenesis in the bioethical literature apply in the …

Ectogenesis, justice and utility: A reply to James

D Wells - Bioethics, 1987 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
KIE: In one chapter of their 1984 book The Reproductive Revolution (published in North
America as Making Babies), Wells and Peter Singer make a case for the development of …

Gestation, equality and freedom: ectogenesis as a political perspective

G Cavaliere - Journal of medical ethics, 2020 - jme.bmj.com
The benefits of full ectogenesis, that is, the gestation of human fetuses outside the maternal
womb, for women ground many contemporary authors' arguments on the ethical desirability …

Moving forwards: a problem for full ectogenesis

T Baron - Bioethics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Unique benefits of ectogenesis outweigh potential harms

E Kendal - Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 2019 - portlandpress.com
This article will consider some of the ethical issues concerning ectogenesis technology,
including possible misuse, social harms and safety risks. The article discusses three …

Willing mothers: ectogenesis and the role of gestational motherhood

S Kennedy - Journal of medical ethics, 2020 - jme.bmj.com
While artificial womb technology (ectogenesis) is currently being studied for the purpose of
improving neonatal care, I contend that this technology ought to be pursued as a means to …