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To think gestation outside the body is a fab idea

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Allotmentblackfly · 23/06/2025 18:47

Recent research makes the possibility of gestating a baby outside a woman’s body possible. Do we think this is a good idea or not?

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Poetnojo · 23/06/2025 18:52

Sounds like the stuff of nightmares

MidnightPatrol · 23/06/2025 18:51

Given pregnant women are not allowed to do all manner of things because of the potential risk (usually based on ‘we don’t know if it’s bad as we have never tested it as it’s not ethical’) to the foetus, I’m amazed that an external womb is deemed safe or ethical.

SoapyTW · 23/06/2025 18:50

Awful awful idea. Human trafficking nightmare. Awful for children. Commodification of human life on a mass scale. A hard no.

BabyofMine · 23/06/2025 18:49

Disgusting. Babies deserve to be born the way they’re supposed to be, with their mother.

averylongtimeago · 23/06/2025 18:49

It’s a dreadful idea.

Comedycook · 23/06/2025 18:49

There are seven billion people on the planet....the old fashioned way works wonders.

RepoTheGeriatricOpera · 23/06/2025 18:49

Lots of things are possible. Doesn't mean they should be done.

Soubriquet · 23/06/2025 18:48

I think it could be good for babies who are premature.

from conception though? I’m not sure.

Motomum23 · 23/06/2025 18:48

Unethical and abhorrent