Ectogenesis: Artificial Womb Technology and the Future of Human ReproductionScott Gelfand, John R. Shook This book raises many moral, legal, social, and political, questions related to possible development, in the near future, of an artificial womb for human use. Is ectogenesis ever morally permissible? If so, under what circumstances? Will ectogenesis enhance or diminish women's reproductive rights and/or their economic opportunities? These are some of the difficult and crucial questions this anthology addresses and attempts to answer. |
Contents
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Is Pregnancy Necessary Feminist Concerns about Ectogenesis | 27 |
Women Ectogenesis and Ethical Theory | 47 |
Out of Body Gestation In Whose Best Interests? | 59 |
Whats so Good about Natural Motherhood? In Praise of Unnatural Gestation | 77 |
Ectogenesis and the Ethics of Care | 89 |
Of Machine Born? A Feminist Assessment of Ectogenesis and Artificial Wombs | 109 |
Ectogenesis Liberation Technological Tyranny or Just More of the Same? | 129 |
Leaving People Alone Liberalism Ectogenesis and the Limits of Medicine | 139 |
Immaculate Gestation? How Will Ectogenesis Change Current Paradigms of Social Relationships and Values? | 149 |
The Artificial Womb and Human Subject Research | 159 |
Bibliography on Ectogenesis | 183 |
About the Editors and Contributors | 191 |
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