The radical future of birth is here - but are we ready for it?
Claire Horn is a Killam postdoctoral research fellow at Dalhousie University's Health Law Institute. Her work over the last six years has focused on law and policy governing sexual and reproductive health, rights, and technologies. She has written for a variety of academic and nonfiction publications, including the Journal of Medical Ethics, the Medical Law Review, Feminist Legal Studies, Catalyst, Aeon, and Lady Science.
Eve ... looks with hope and trepidation to a future of
externalised, artificial uteruses. Where do abortion, surrogacy and
parenthood fit in a brave new 'ectogenetic' world?
*New Scientist, Books to Expand Your Mind*
In her thoughtful debut, Eve, legal scholar Claire Horn examines
the boundaries of motherhood through an unusual lens: artificial
wombs ... a skilled writer with a careful grasp of her subject and
its fascinating history - handled with poignancy because she was
pregnant while writing the book
*Telegraph*
An engrossing insight into the future of birth through the lenses
of the most pressing women's health issues of our era ... a
sobering reminder that wherever technology promises to improve
women's lives, there also exists a threat that someone, somewhere,
will attempt to co-opt it to control their bodies instead.
*New Statesman*
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