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Controversial Alternatives: Re-Making Embryos, Artificial Wombs, and Embryo Adoption

July 15, 2005
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This session will address some of the alternatives that are considered more on the edge of technologically assisted procreation—artificial wombs, "remade" embryos and embryo adoption.  I will argue that the discussion of artificial wombs puts Roe v. Wade in a new light, but may not be an option we want to pursue widely.  Embryo adoption has come under criticism for making the overproduction of embryos in IVF more palatable. I will argue that embryo adoption is generally a positive alternative that should be encouraged.  "Remade" embryos are a complex issue and I will examine the arguments on both sides of the discussion.

Keywords:
"the human embryo, embryonic stem cell research, Altered Nuclear Transfer, ANT, infertility, embryo adoption, in-vitro fertlization, IVF, selective reduction"