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The Abortion Debate Is Stuck. Are Artificial Wombs the Answer?
NY Times ^ | August 3, 2019 | Zoltan Istvan

Posted on 08/06/2019 6:12:35 AM PDT by C19fan

Could an emerging technology reshape the battle lines in the abortion debate? Since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, that fight has been defined by the interlocking, absolute values of choice and life: For some, a woman’s right to choose trumps any claim to a right to life by the fetus; for others, it’s the reverse. But what if we could separate those two — what if a woman’s choice to terminate a pregnancy no longer meant terminating the fetus itself?

That is the promise of artificial wombs, a technology that has already shown some success in tests on sheep fetuses. Early in a ewe’s pregnancy, the lamb fetus is removed from her body and placed in a synthetic uterine environment in which it receives nutrients and fluids, and continues to develop to term, a process researchers call ectogenesis.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: abortion; technology
As Glenn Reynolds would say, "Brave New World" is a warning not a guidebook.
1 posted on 08/06/2019 6:12:35 AM PDT by C19fan
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“Could an emerging technology reshape the battle lines in the abortion debate? Since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, that fight has been defined by the interlocking, absolute values of choice and life:”

Choice? You mean, murder. Fixed it.


2 posted on 08/06/2019 6:16:10 AM PDT by George Rand (-- I can't befriend liberals because I won't befriend ignorance --)
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This is even sicker than the fight over a “woman’s choice to murder” vs a “woman’s right to give life.”


3 posted on 08/06/2019 6:19:34 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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Women can be moms but just need a male for their DNA.

Appears technology will allow men to be dads but just need a female for their input.

“Brave New World” indeed.


4 posted on 08/06/2019 6:20:01 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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NO!

Returning to God's Will is the solution!

5 posted on 08/06/2019 6:25:13 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: C19fan; Morgana
For what it's worth, I have NEVER seen this admission in print in the NYT - perhaps the pro-abort crowd is seeing that they've lost the PR War?:

For some, a woman’s right to choose trumps any claim to a right to life by the fetus; for others, it’s the reverse.(bold added)

6 posted on 08/06/2019 6:29:01 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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Remember that song 2025? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQfxi8V5FA You will chose your offspring and a artifical womb will nurture it till birth so you can go about your meaningless lives?


7 posted on 08/06/2019 6:36:32 AM PDT by GailA (Intractable pain, AKA as Intractable Pain Disease Medical Disease 24/7/365 pain for decades.)
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It's not just a political disagreement.

They really are enemies of human existence.

8 posted on 08/06/2019 6:36:39 AM PDT by Salman (The Democrat agenda in one word -- revenge.)
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I've seen that movie...


9 posted on 08/06/2019 6:37:54 AM PDT by moovova
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How about we just stop killing babies?

Like that's something a civilized society would even need to have a debate about.

10 posted on 08/06/2019 6:37:55 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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The Abortion Debate Is Stuck. Are Artificial Wombs the Answer?


11 posted on 08/06/2019 6:41:32 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Liberals no longer glorify heroic deeds, They glorify whining that they call heroic)
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The left won’t be satisfied with this. They need child sacrifices for their death cult.


12 posted on 08/06/2019 9:39:33 AM PDT by Boogieman
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