Observer: Men redundant? Now we don’t need women either – scientists working on an artificial womb. Cool. However, bio-ethicists react in a typical, forward-looking fashion, by regurgitating B-movie anxieties. The article quotes Dr Scott Gelfand, organizer of a conference titled ‘The End of Natural Motherhood?‘ as saying: ‘Some feminists even say artificial wombs mean men could eliminate women from the planet and still perpetuate our species. That’s a bit alarmist. Nevertheless, this subject clearly raises strong feelings. [ via the Transhuman Space mailing list ]
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