Increasing numbers of research teams are investigating the feasibility of developing artificial
amnion and placenta technology (AAPT), commonly referred to as “artificial womb …

In this paper we explore the relevance and integration of system theory and thermodynamics
in terms of the Earth system. It is proposed that together, these fields explain the evolution …

The legal landscape around access to reproductive health care services was substantially
altered after the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization …

This article challenges the boundaries and binaries that legal frameworks, which attempt to
exceptionalise abortion, create for the spectrum of reproductive experience. Specifically, this …

A large body of literature considers the ethico-legal and regulatory issues surrounding
assisted conception. Surrogacy, however, within this body of literature is an odd-fit. It …

De Bie et al. posit that the best way to describe the person who would receive current AWT is
as a “fetal neonate” or fetonate. Neonatal pertains to the fact that the subject is removed from …

Telemedicine has recently become a key focus of healthcare systems globally, heavily
influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased need for remote care pathways …

According to birth certificates, the life of a child begins once their body comes out of the
mother's womb. But when does their organismal life begin? Science holds a palette of …

There are increasing pressures for bioethics to emphasise 'translation'. Against this
backdrop, we defend 'speculative bioethics'. We explore speculation as an important tool …

LEGISLATION AND PUBLIC POLICY those who have challenged the fundamentality of the
abortion right by questioning the fundamentality of the broader privacy right, we offer a …