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 …

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 …

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 …

Beyond a medicalized view of reproduction: recentering pregnant people in the ethics of ectogenesis

N Roesner - The American Journal of Bioethics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
De Bie et al.(2023) provide a helpful framework for understanding many of the ethical
considerations regarding artificial womb technology (AWT), particularly in relation to existing …

Of machine born? A feminist assessment of ectogenesis and artificial wombs

M Sander-Staudt - Ectogenesis, 2006 - brill.com
Ectogenesis poses the end to the fact that up to this point in history, all human life has been
“of woman born.” Scientists predict that within the next 30 years, artificial wombs will become …

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 …

On the Permissibility of Elective Ectogestation

JJ Cordeiro - The American Journal of Bioethics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Successful deployment of “artificial womb technology (AWT)” is anticipated within a decade
or so. In the case of “partial” ectogestation, in vivo gestation precedes fetal transfer to an …

Gender, gestation and ectogenesis: self-determination for pregnant people ahead of artificial wombs

C Horn - Journal of medical ethics, 2020 - jme.bmj.com
In this short response, I agree with Cavaliere's recent invitation to consider ectogenesis, the
process of gestation occurring outside the body, as a political perspective and provocation to …

Artificial womb technology and the significance of birth: why gestatelings are not newborns (or fetuses)

EC Romanis - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2019 - jme.bmj.com
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 …

Imagine a world… where ectogenesis isn't needed to eliminate social and economic barriers for women

C Horner - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2020 - jme.bmj.com
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 …