Instead of killing foetuses, do you think it would be a good idea to grow them outside of people's bodies? This would perhaps mean that foetuses are not killed (which I feel is wrong) whilst women still have freedom to not go through with a pregnancy (which I think is currently a necessary evil of discouraging abortion).
What are your opinions (on this idea, please don't start a debate about abortion in general)?
Also, this would have other implications:
If women had the choice of not having to go through with a pregnancy whilst still being able to ave children, they could simultaneously have a career and a family, which seems to be a common personal goal of many modern feminists;
This would mean that they would not have to have maternity leave during pregnancy (and not necessarily after pregnancy either), and therefore there would be no argument that the gender wage gap is fair (I personally believe that it is not fair even with women missing lots of work due to maternity leave. On a more general level, I think everyone should be payed the same regardless of anything, or at least wealth distribution should be based on need. I don't want to start a debate on economics though...) due to women losing experience whilst being pregnant and all of those associated arguments;
Also, it would mean that we could better control the supply of nutrients to developing foetuses, meaning no more deformed babies due to their mothers smoking during pregnancy;
Finally isn't birth still somewhat risky, both to the life/health of the mother and of the child? This would eliminate the need for birth, a further reason why it would reduce child mortality rates.
I know that this is a hypothetical scenario, but it does seem feasible that such a machine could be built.
Can't be bothered reading the above?
Mechanical uterus, various implications, discuss, ignore other issues, please stick to discussion of this very specific idea, avoiding debate about the bigger issues as they are being well discussed elsewhere.