This book critiques human rights standards that relate to abortion at the international and regional human rights level, from the EU, UN, Inter-American and Afr…

For parents who have buried infants born too soon, a device like the AquaWomb is a miracle in waiting – and an impossible choice

US regulators will consider clinical trials of a system that mimics the womb, which could reduce deaths and disability for babies born extremely preterm.

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Twilight bioethics series: Ectogestation No longer found only in the realm of science fiction, artificial womb/artificial placenta systems (ectogestation) are currently being developed and tested in...

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Elizabeth Chloe Romanis, Durham University Biotechnology, Gestation, and the Law was published by Oxford University Press in January 2025. What is the book ...

This article builds on existing feminist literature on obstetric violence in the context of childbirth to argue that there is a continuum of obstetric violence that also includes that perpetuated in relation to pregnancy prevention and termination, as well as antenatal healthcare and birth. This structural violence is highlighted in relation to conscientious objection, the reporting of people suspected of illegal abortions by their healthcare providers, and contraceptive coercion. Recognizing the limitations of criminal and human rights approaches to obstetric violence, this article takes Martha Fineman’s vulnerability theory as the foundation for the transformative structural change of healthcare institutions.

Surrogacy misinformation needs to be countered with facts.