As suggested elsewhere [1] and also in this volume (see Chapter 13), the artificial womb (AW) and ectogenesis – a child brought to term outside a biological womb, might become a reality sooner than we may think. Novel research in disparate areas (such as neonatal care, assisted reproduction, embryology, fetal surgery, computer science and the human genome project) are converging to this end. Society is also pressing in this direction. Society, at large, aims at saving very premature newborns, and demands better outcomes in IVF. Because of this pressure, both sides of the gestation process, its beginning and its end (conception and birth), are presently experiencing a massive research effort. Indeed, while there is sill a huge gap between the first stages of gestation (by IVF) and the 22nd week of gestation (inside the womb), plausibly, this gap will be eventually overcome.
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Simonstein, F., Mashiach-Eizenberg, M. (2009). A Survey of People’s Attitude Towards the Artificial Womb and Ectogenesis in Israel. In: Simonstein, F. (eds) Reprogen-ethics and the future of gender. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 43. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2475-6_17
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