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Artificial wombs could drastically change how the decision to become a parent fits into many people’s lives.
Researchers have grown the first human-monkey hybrid embryos as well as mouse embryos in artificial wombs late into development. These biomedical breakthroughs raise different ethical quandaries.
Yes, there are pros and cons of this new reproductive technology. But there are many other issues about maternal and child health we need to tackle first.
Second-wave feminist Shulamith Firestone was mocked when she published a 1970 manifesto advocating artifical wombs, but her arguments about the exploitation of reproductive labour remain timely.
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Distinguished Professor of Bioethics, Lancaster University
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PhD candidate, English Literature, Australian National University
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Professor of Law, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor of Law (Health Law), Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Health Promotion, Swinburne University of Technology
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Principal Lecturer in the Humanities, University of Brighton
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Wellcome Lecturer in The Ethics of Human Reproduction, Lancaster University
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Professor of Philosophy and Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin