Scientists develop artificial womb, allowing embryos to grow outside the body.

[Elledan]

Two types of artificial wombs, actually: Link to article...

I see this as a very positive development. Especially the increased safety for the child and mother. The risk for women to die during birth will become zero, avoids the discomfort of a 'natural' pregnancy, and embryos can not become affected during development by drugs, other unwanted and potentially harmful substances, be harmed whenever the mother gets an accident .

In short, it is a very promising technology.

I really hope, though, that infertile people with serious genetical defects will not be allowed to make use of it. Same for other individuals with such defects.

BTW, I found this jewel at /.:



<< Screw evolution. Do you really think that anything going on today allows evolution? Miracle drugs and antibiotics to curb infection, breast implants to attract males, CPR to save lives, the internet to allow the meeting of geeks who would never otherwise venture outside even if it meant never reproducing... We're far beyond evolution at this point. Now all we can *really* do is sit back and watch the world fall apart or come together whatever the case might be. >>



http://slashdot.org/science/02/02/10/2328241.shtml?tid=134

 

[Adul]

Somehow I see laws banning natural reproduction and even sex for that matter. :|

 

[LordMaul]

So much for the ol' "I carried you for 9 months, the least you could do for me is...-" conversasion.

 

[xirtam]

Hmmmmmm... it's a brave new world!

 

[virtuamike]

Wow, now us men really are good for nothing.

 

[Elledan]

<< Somehow I see laws banning natural reproduction and even sex for that matter. :| >>

And why would that be a bad thing?




Sorry, I just had to do it

 

[Elledan]

^

How did this thread end up so low?

 

[Mutilator]

Hmm... this give anybody else The Matrix flashbacks?

 

[TheBlondOne]

Having never been pregnant myself, I can only say what I would be looking forward to and that is being pregnant. The whole bit, even the risk and discomfort. I can't wait to know what it's like to be pregnant and I can't see many women going for this new, high-tech form of birth.

--Sarah

 

[Recneps]

<<I really hope, though, that infertile people with serious genetical defects will not be allowed to make use of it. Same for other individuals with such defects.>>

Why should they not be allowed to use the womb? And how do you know what a serious genetical defect is? Is having blue eyes, white, or black skin ect. Could those be called serious gentical defects. Or how about being gay some would say that is a serious genetical defects.

 

[Viper GTS]

I think many would gladly bear the risk & discomfort for the joy of feeling the life forming inside them - the product of two people's love.

Viper GTS

 

[Random Variable]

I posted this article two days ago.

Scientists have developed an artificial womb that allows embryos to grow outside the body

 

[Elledan]

<< <<I really hope, though, that infertile people with serious genetical defects will not be allowed to make use of it. Same for other individuals with such defects.>>

Why should they not be allowed to use the womb? And how do you know what a serious genetical defect is? Is having blue eyes, white, or black skin ect. Could those be called serious gentical defects. Or how about being gay some would say that is a serious genetical defects. >>


A serious genetical defect, like those leading to a degenerative disease, cystic fibrosis and various other genetical defects.

Your 'examples' are worthless.

 

[Elledan]

<< I think many would gladly bear the risk & discomfort for the joy of feeling the life forming inside them - the product of two people's love.

Viper GTS >>

Also the risk of losing the child due to some unfortunate illness of the mother, which killed the developing child? And what if the mother dies during pregnancy?

BTW, most of this joy is simply caused by what is commonly known as 'mother-instinct'. It's yet another mechanism of the brain, meant to avoid parents abandoning their offspring.

 

[Elledan]

<< I posted this article two days ago.

Scientists have developed an artificial womb that allows embryos to grow outside the body >>


Sorry, I must have missed it.

 

[jjones]

elledan, are you even human? you're too wierd for words.


<< << Somehow I see laws banning natural reproduction and even sex for that matter. >>

And why would that be a bad thing? >>



And I doubt your theory about the joy mechanism. Have you ever been close to a pregnant mother? I doubt it. What you call a joy mechanism is completely false. For one, take into consideration, post partem depression; there's no joy there. Two, don't you think you would have a vested interest in the well-being of a baby considering you had just carried it around for nine months feeling it grow inside you? There's no mechanism involved in that attachment.

pull your head out of your cyborg ass once in a while.

 

[Elledan]

<< elledan, are you even human? you're too wierd for words.


<< << Somehow I see laws banning natural reproduction and even sex for that matter. >>

And why would that be a bad thing? >>

>>

ROFL!! If you had bothered to read the post properly, you would have seen that it was meant as a joke



<< And I doubt your theory about the joy mechanism. Have you ever been close to a pregnant mother? >>

Yes, quite often, actually.


<< I doubt it. What you call a joy mechanism is completely false. For one, take into consideration, post partem depression; there's no joy there. >>

*sigh*

Proceeding, during and after pregnancy, the normal hormone balance of the female is distorted. This is the cause of various fluctuations in mood. Ultimately 'joy' is the most often occurring 'mood', though.


<< Two, don't you think you would have a vested interest in the well-being of a baby considering you had just carried it around for nine months feeling it grow inside you? There's no mechanism involved in that attachment. >>

Did you actually give it some thought? These two statements contradict each other.



<< pull your head out of your cyborg ass once in a while. >>

Why can't you just accept the fact that not everyone is like you?

 

[SagaLore]

<< Having never been pregnant myself, I can only say what I would be looking forward to and that is being pregnant. The whole bit, even the risk and discomfort. I can't wait to know what it's like to be pregnant and I can't see many women going for this new, high-tech form of birth.

--Sarah >>




If this were ever used, babies would become "toys". 8 months down the road, someone decides they want the baby, would they be legally bound to take it, does it get thrown away, or adopted out?

It's bad enough that parente/child relationships have become so cold and distant... this is just one more step to wreaking the nuclear family we need so badly in society...

Good for you that you are looking forward to the experience.

 

[Elledan]

<< If this were ever used, babies would become "toys". 8 months down the road, someone decides they want the baby, would they be legally bound to take it, does it get thrown away, or adopted out? >>

Are parents nowadays allowed to throw away their children? Of course not.

The same regulations will apply.