DO MACHINES INVADE LIBERTIES? A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE ARTIFICIAL WOMB TECHNOLOGY IN THE LIGHT OF REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY
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Artificial Womb, Rights, Right to privacyAbstract
The emerging reproductive technology; Artificial Womb (AWT) facilitates the development of the fetus outside body. The invent of technology has surfaced different notions on the fact that, such a development replaces the natural and unique instincts of women on motherhood. The positivity on AWT denotes an instance where women who deprived of the opportunities of procreation would highly be benefited. The scholars argue on the fact that, AWT has an indirect influence on the rights of women. The essay predominantly considers the facets of advanced technologies, benefits and simultaneously the violation of rights entitled to by women. The essay provides insights on the very perspectives provided by the European scholars on the rights entitled to by women namely the right to termination of pregnancy and the right not to become a biological parent. Further, it expounds the fact that, the right to termination of pregnancy encompasses only the right to kill the fetus or it has a wide purview to discuss. Women are entitled to the right to make autonomous decisions as to the physical and bodily integrity. The recognition of ‘Artificial Womb’ as an alternative to the termination of pregnancy does amount to the violation of right to privacy as expounded by the case Roe v. Wade.
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