The ethics of creating human beings has been addressed in several contexts: debates over
abortion and embryo research; literature on'self-creation'and discussions of procreative …

In recent years, there has been a great deal of public debate about the creation of so-called
'designer babies'. This somewhat sensationalist expression is in many respects …

Feature extremely premature babies. In humans, that's anything earlier than 28 weeks of
gestation—less than 70% of the way to full term, which is typically between 37 and 40 …

Throughout most of human history women have been defined by their biological role in
reproduction, seen first and foremost as gestators, which has led to the reproductive system …

“Dissecting Bioethics,” edited by Tuija Takala and Matti Häyry, welcomes contributions on
the conceptual and theoretical dimensions of bioethics. The section is dedicated to the idea …

Ectogenesis (artificial wombs) might soon become a reality. This paper will analyse how the
development of such technologies will affect Judith Jarvis Thomson's defence of abortion …

ARTIFICIAL wombs, to bring a foetus of a human being to full term outside a woman's body,
could become a reality within 20 years, scientists have predicted. This could present great …

In the previous chapter, I noted that reprogenetics, the combination of genetic
interventionwith assistedreproduction, has produced the idea that genetic improvement …

Margaret Mead, in her autobiographical Blackberry Winter, commented,“There is hope, I
believe, in seeing the human adventure as a whole and in the shared trust that knowledge …