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Ectogenesis: Artificial Womb Technology and the Future of Human Reproduction Scott Gelfand and John R. Shook, Editors. New York: Rodolpi B.V., 2006. ISBN-10: 90-420-20814; 197 PAGES, PAPERBACK, $55.00
As our culture makes rapid technological progress toward the realization of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, one missing link remains - ectogenesis or artificial womb technology - which threatens to "change forever our concept of human life." (p.l). But, in light of the progress being made at Cornell University and Juntendo University (Tokyo), the authors of Ectogenesis: Artificial Womb Technology and the Future of Human Reproduction believe ectogenesis will become reality within this decade, a prediction that warrants our moral attention.
This book so directs our attention by examining the ethical implications, moral permissibility, and potential regulation of ectogenesis from feminist and utilitarian ethical perspectives. Several of the essays...