Reproductive ageing and conflicting clocks: King Midas' touch.

Abstract:

:The population attempting pregnancy and having babies is ageing. Gynaecological and obstetric complications worsen with age. Maternity services are struggling. Increasing rates of infertility and complications are not matched by the marvels in the laboratory. This paper argues that assisted reproduction treatment has had a damaging social impact. Despite its public acclaim, it helps few and fails many more. The assisted reproduction industry could take a new and revolutionary direction towards empowering men to experience pregnancy, producing babies from artificial gametes, with a final goal being the liberation of both women and men from the burdens and dangers of pregnancy through the development of artificial wombs.

journal_name

Reprod Biomed Online

authors

Daly I,Bewley S

doi

10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.09.012

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-12-01 00:00:00

pages

722-32

issue

6

eissn

1472-6483

issn

1472-6491

pii

S1472-6483(13)00501-4

journal_volume

27

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