Yeah, good point. It will be a help to those who advocate that children are the property of the State.
From the article:
Partridge described the apparatus in operation as “an awe-inspiring sight”, but the authors acknowledge that the public may be wary of the technology.
“I don’t want this to be visualised as humans hanging on the walls in bags,” said Flake. “This is not how this device will work or look.”
The human version will have the appearance of a fluid-filled incubator, with a dark cover and interior, and the baby would be monitored by cameras. Flake predicts that such a set-up, while unfamiliar, is likely to be less distressing for parents than the current situation in which fragile infants typically undergo a host of invasive procedures, including intubation, ventilation and surgery.
The authors also ruled out the prospect of an entire gestation taking place externally, as depicted in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, where babies are routinely decanted into the world from artificial wombs.
“The reality is that at the present time there’s no technology on the horizon,” said Flake. “There’s nothing but the mother that’s able to support that [initial] period of time.”
Yes. At the present time...