Gestaticide: killing the subject of the artificial womb

D Rodger, N Colgrove, BP Blackshaw - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2021 - jme.bmj.com
The rapid development of artificial womb technologies means that we must consider if and
when it is permissible to kill the human subject of ectogestation—recently termed a …

Subjects of ectogenesis: are 'gestatelings' fetuses, newborns or neither?

N Colgrove - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2019 - jme.bmj.com
Subjects of ectogenesis—human beings that are developing in artificial wombs (AWs)—
share the same moral status as newborns. To demonstrate this, I defend two claims. First …

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 …

Why ectogestation is unlikely to transform the abortion debate: A discussion of 'ectogestation and the problem of abortion'

D Rodger - Philosophy & Technology, 2021 - Springer
In this commentary, I will consider the implications of the argument made by Christopher
Stratman (2020) in 'Ectogestation and the Problem of Abortion'. Clearly, the possibility of …

Regulating abortion after ectogestation

J Räsänen - Journal of medical ethics, 2023 - jme.bmj.com
A few decades from now, it might become possible to gestate fetuses in artificial wombs.
Ectogestation as this is called, raises major legal and ethical issues, especially for abortion …

[PDF][PDF] Artificial Womb Technology and the Choice to Gestate Ex Utero: Is Partial Ectogenesis the Business of the Criminal Law?

EC Romanis - Medical Law Review, 2020 - academic.oup.com
It is frequently claimed that artificial wombs (AWs) could alleviate the burdens placed
exclusively on women in reproduction. In this article, I demonstrate how AWs used for the …

Artificial wombs, birth and 'birth': a response to Romanis

N Colgrove - Journal of medical ethics, 2020 - jme.bmj.com
Recently, I argued that human subjects in artificial wombs (AWs)'share the same moral
status as newborns' and so, deserve the same treatment and protections as newborns. This …

Abortion and Ectogenesis: moral compromise

W Simkulet - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2020 - jme.bmj.com
The contemporary philosophical literature on abortion primarily revolves around three
seemingly intractable debates, concerning the (1) moral status of the fetus,(2) scope of …

More than an idea: why ectogestation should become a concrete option

A Bidoli - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2024 - jme.bmj.com
This paper calls for the development of a method of ectogestation as an emancipatory
intervention for women. I argue that ectogestation would have a dual social benefit: first, by …

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 …