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[edit] Lets make this encyclopedic
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Although the technology does not currently exist to raise an embryo from conception to full development outside of a human body, the possibility of such technology raises questions with respect to cloning and abortion. The elimination of the need for a living uterus would make cloning easier to carry out and yet harder for legal authorities to track. At the same time, the capacity to raise an unwanted fetus apart from the mother would allow the option of fetus adoption, but might raise concerns with respect to children born with no connection to a parent. Some pro-life groups argue that this would allow a father to have a choice in whether to carry a pregnancy to term. Some people would even argue that this would make it acceptable to ban abortion, since the fetus would be able to survive outside of the uterus from the first day, thereby avoiding any possible undue burden. Some currently pro-choice people may even find it acceptable to ban abortion if artificial uteri become available, since the woman would still be allowed to have the fetus removed from her body. They may believe that she has a right to privacy over her own body, but no right to determine the fate of the fetus once it is removed.
What`s needed, are sources which are of significance, no blogs or private pages but sources from major "news sites". Secondly no original research, no opinions and no speculations. Thanks.
But it is already getting better. So let us make it happen. Slicky
[edit] "Ectogenesis"
sounds more like a process. Shouldn't the field be called "Ectogenics?" AtomSmith 00:05, 11 July 2006 (UTC) No the term is correct.Slicky
[edit] Artificial womb names
{6th Feb 2005} Artificial womb refered to by various names:-
'Grow Tube'.
'Birth Pod'.
'Baby Vat'.
'"Mechanical Mother"'.
'Bio-tube'.
'Amniode'/'Amninode'
[edit] Logan's Run, Divine Invasion
Logan's Run should be added to the Fictional artifical wombs section. I can't recall the scenes in the novel or the film, but the original screenplay that I've read (scene 121) uses the term meccano-breeders to describe the artificial wombs. Also, Philip K. Dick uses the term synthetic womb in his book, The Divine Invasion. --Viriditas | Talk 00:44, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Also Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkasian series has plot revoling around them. I think she calls them artificail uterus. I need to look it up. But in her books they are used on highly technical worlds as more convient than pregancy. Also as part a peace treaty the fetuses from raped POW'sare returned to the goverment on the offending side in artificial wombs. So the POW neither had to deal with the guilt of an abortion or an child that was forced on them. Jenn
[edit] Abortion
At the same time, the capacity to raise an unwanted fetus seperate from the mother would eliminate many causes for abortion, but might raise concerns with respect to children born with no connection to a parent.
- If you could provide some sources for this claim, I would appreciate it. The "causes for abortion" are many and complex, and your statement implies that most women carrying a fetus would choose to raise it in an artificial womb if they had the chance. This raises more problems than it appears to solve (who takes care of the baby when it comes to term) and appears to be a politcally-motivated statement with the underlying assumption that abortion is "wrong". I've changed the wording to the following:
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- This is not just about the mother, with this technology a father could choose to keep the pregnancy alive long enough to deliver a baby. I have read a few articles online about this on pro-father websites. --Rakista 05:47, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
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- It has been awhile I ran across the info when I was in debate class like 6 years ago. I will update when I find them --Rakista 23:40, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] from Vfd
On 21 Feb 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. The result was keep. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Artificial womb for a record of the discussion.
[edit] Thx and problems
Thx for the article. And there are a couple of things that are unclear and that i can't figure out how to copyedit:
- 3rd paragraph: "be able to conceive to term" ?
- 5th para: "develop full term outside the mother's womb, transferred after the initial 17 weeks of implantation": does this mean transfer to art. womb after 17 weeks in the mother?
Hope this helps, "alyosha" (talk) 21:54, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] limitless supplies of eggs could be grown
1:15, 2 May 2006. Could the following information be added to the article? I think it's useful info and a big scientific achievement.
Human eggs which could grow into embryos have been created in a laboratory for the first time, scientists announced yesterday.
They were created by scraping stem cells off the surface of ovaries and exposing them to a chemical which stimulated growth.
The breakthrough suggests limitless supplies of eggs could be grown, solving the problem of the acute shortage of donor eggs for infertile women wanting IVF treatment.
More information can be found here: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/18388656?source=Evening%20Standard
[edit] Transwomen?
It seems to me that such a technology could allow some transwomen to not only have a female exterior, but also a female interior, and perhaps even to eliminate the need for artificial hormones, if artificial ovaries can be formed as well. Presumably, a stem cell could be cultured with just a slight genetic alteration, to cut out the Y chromosome and duplicate the X, and then a uterus could be grown Nik42 02:31, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
