Ectogenesis: Artificial Womb Technology and the Future of Human Reproduction

by Scott Gelfand (Editor), John R. Shook (Eds.)

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. Acknowledgements Richard T. Foreword Scott Introduction Peter SINGER and Deane Ectogenesis Julien S. Is Pregnancy Feminist Concerns about Ectogenesis Leslie Women, Ectogenesis, and Ethical Theory Rosemarie Out of Body Whose Best Interests? Gregory What's so Good about Natural Motherhood?(In Praise of Unnatural Gestation) Scott Ectogenesis and the Ethics of Care Maureen Of Machine Born? A Feminist Assessment of Ectogenesis and Artificial Wombs Joan Liberation, Technological Tyranny,or Just More of the Same? Dien Leaving People Liberalism, Ectogenesis, and the Limits of Medicine Jennifer Immaculate Gestation? How Will Ectogenesis Change Current Paradigms of Social Relationships and Values? Joyce M. RASKIN and Nadav The Artificial Womb and Human Subject Research John R. Bibliography on Ectogenesis About the Editors and Contributors Index

212 pages, Paperback

First published October 5, 2006