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    A UK bioethicist argues that pregnancy and childbirth are too painful, risky and socially restrictive for women, and public funding should be directed to developing artificial wombs instead (ectogenesis). This would achieve true equality between men and women, as neither would be limited by having children. While currently science fiction, ectogenesis may one day be possible. The bioethicist believes pregnancy should not be tolerated in a truly liberal society. If one did not know whether they would be born male or female, they would prefer a society with ectogenesis over one where women bear all burdens of pregnancy.

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    A UK bioethicist argues that pregnancy and childbirth are too painful, risky and socially restrictive for women, and public funding should be directed to developing artificial wombs instead (ectogenesis). This would achieve true equality between men and women, as neither would be limited by having children. While currently science fiction, ectogenesis may one day be possible. The bioethicist believes pregnancy should not be tolerated in a truly liberal society. If one did not know whether they would be born male or female, they would prefer a society with ectogenesis over one where women bear all burdens of pregnancy.

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    Is Pregnancy Unethical Yes Says UK Bioethicist

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    10:07:45 PM

    Is pregnancy unethical? Yes, says UK bioethicist


    by Michael Cook | 20 Jan 2012 | 43 comments

    http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/9897 see also: http://infocatolica.com/blog/delapsis.php/1201251227 feminismo el embara!o es "na#more152$2


    tags: bioethics, ectogenesis

    He e is cont a ian bioethics at its best! P egnancy an" chil"bi th a e so #ain$%l, isky an" socially est icti&e $o 'omen that #%blic $%n"ing sho%l" % gently be "i ecte" to the "e&elo#ment o$ a ti$icial 'ombs! (his is the only 'ay to achie&e t %e e)%ality bet'een men an" 'omen $o then neithe 'omen no men 'o%l" then be limite" by ha&ing chil" en an" the b% "ens o$ e# o"%cing the s#ecies 'o%l" be sha e" e)%ally! (his is the a"ical s%ggestion ma"e by a lea"ing * itish bioethicist,Anna Smajdor, o$ the +ni&e sity o$ ,ast -nglia! - ti$iccial gestation, o ectogenesis, is c% ently science $iction, b%t it may be #ossible! . /ma0"o belie&es that in a t %ly libe al society # egnancy an" chil"bi th sho%l" not be tole ate": Changes to $inancial an" social st %ct% es may im# o&e things ma ginally, b%t a bette sol%tion nee"s to be $o%n"! ,ithe 'e &ie' 'omen as baby ca ie s 'ho m%st s%b0%gate thei othe inte ests to the 'ell1being o$ thei chil" en o 'e ackno'le"ge that o% social &al%es an" le&el o$ me"ical e2#e tise a e no longe com#atible 'ith 3nat% al4 e# o"%ction! P egnancy is ba ba ic, . /ma0"o conten"s 5 an illness so se io%s that it is com#a able to measles, 'hich is also occasionally $atal, b%t "oes not last nine months! 6 s%ggest that the e is a st ong case $o # io iti7ing esea ch into ectogenesis as an alte nati&e to # egnancy! 6 concl%"e by asking the ea"e the $ollo'ing: i$ yo% "i" not kno' 'hethe yo% 'o%l" be a man o a 'oman, 'o%l" yo% # e$e to be bo n into /ociety -, in 'hich 'omen bea all the b% "ens an" isks o$ # egnancy, o /ociety *, in 'hich ectogenesis has been #e $ecte"!

    He a ticle in the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics is a e#ly to a c iti)%e o$ an a ticle 'hich she #%blishe" in 2007, 3(he mo al im#e ati&e $o ectogenesis4! 8 Cambridge Quarterly of ealthcare !thics, "anuary

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