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Utero artificiale e diritti del genitore sull’embrione e sul feto: considerazioni bioetiche

Maurizio Balistreri
Biografia

Pubblicato 25-02-2026

Abstract

This article examines the ethical challenges posed by ectogenesis, or artificial womb technology, and its impact on reproductive rights. It focuses on whether individuals would retain the right to interrupt embryo development once gestation can occur entirely outside the human body. The debate hinges on the moral status of the embryo and how future laws might balance reproductive freedom with emerging technological possibilities.