Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth

By: Claire Horn

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Synopsis: A radical interrogation of the ethics and future of birth by an expert legal scholar. Every single one of us has been born from a person. So far. But that is about to change. For the first time, babies could be gestated and born from machines through “Ex-vivo Uterine Environment Therapy,” aka EVE. But such radical technology leaves us with complex legal, social, and ethical questions. What does this breakthrough in artificial human gestation mean for motherhood, womanhood, and parenthood? Countries and people that do not respect the autonomy of pregnant people may use these technologies to curtail choice further, advance eugenic ideas, or to deepen class and racial divides. In this fascinating story of modern birth, Claire Horn takes us on a journey from the first orchid-like incubators in the 1880s to the cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs of today. As she explores the most challenging and pertinent questions of our age, Horn reflects on her own pregnancy. Could artificial wombs allow women to redistribute the work of gestating? How do we protect reproductive and abortion rights? And who exactly gets access to this technology, in our vastly unequal world?

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781487012274
Related ISBNs:: 9781487012267
Publisher:: House of Anansi Press Inc.
Date of Addition:: 11/07/23
Copyrighted By:: Claire Horn
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Health, Mind and Body, Parenting and Family, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.