Artificial wombs are already in development that have the potential to radically alter how we
perceive the developing fetus and the role of pregnancy in society. That this technology …

Although images are pervasive in public policy debates in bioethics, few who work in the
field attend carefully to the way that images function rhetorically. If the use of images is …

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 …

The interrelation of scientific and aesthetic visual norms employed in anatomic sculptures
opens novel and effective persuasive registers in debates around bodily autonomy. Using …

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 …

CONCLUSION To sum up. The development of AWT has given rise to a proliferation of terms
to describe its subject. This quest for new terminology is driven by considerations related to …

This article explores the legal implications of a scientific fantasy: the fantasy of building
artificial wombs that could gestate a human child from conception. It takes as its touchstone …

In 2017, a Philadelphia research team revealed the closest thing to an artificial womb (AW)
the world had ever seen. The 'biobag', if as successful as early animal testing suggests, will …

De Bie et al.(2023) introduces a framework to conceptualize ethical issues based on four
different domains, but the problem lies in the domains being falsely bounded. Apart from the …

“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 …