All Outputs (7)

Ethical, Translational, and Legal Issues Surrounding the Novel Adoption of Ectogestative Technologies (2022)
Journal Article
Segers, S., & Romanis, E. C. (2022). Ethical, Translational, and Legal Issues Surrounding the Novel Adoption of Ectogestative Technologies. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 15, 2207-2220. https://doi.org/10.2147/rmhp.s358553

Increasing numbers of research teams are investigating the feasibility of developing artificial amnion and placenta technology (AAPT), commonly referred to as “artificial womb technology”. This technology, aimed at supporting ex vivo gestation, has n... Read More about Ethical, Translational, and Legal Issues Surrounding the Novel Adoption of Ectogestative Technologies.

On Gestation and Motherhood (2022)
Journal Article
Mahmoud, Z., & Romanis, E. C. (2023). On Gestation and Motherhood. Medical Law Review, 31(1), 109-140. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwac030

In English law, legal motherhood is allocated to the person who gestated. However, we argue that gestation—legally denoted as the “natural” source of parenting obligations—is often constructed as mothering, rather than the precursor to it. This means... Read More about On Gestation and Motherhood.

Biotechnology, Gestation, and the Law (2022)
Book
Romanis, E. C. (in press). Biotechnology, Gestation, and the Law. Oxford University Press

Gestation, the process of becoming before birth, is the process of which each of us are the result. The very nature of human gestation, however, has shifted and will continue to shift as a result of technology. Uterus transplantation, the transplant... Read More about Biotechnology, Gestation, and the Law.

Directed and Conditional Uterus Donation (2022)
Journal Article
Romanis, E. C., & Parsons, J. A. (2022). Directed and Conditional Uterus Donation. Journal of Medical Ethics, 48(11), 810-815. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-107902

Uterus transplantation (UTx) is highly anticipated for the benefits that it might bring to individuals wanting to carry a pregnancy in order to reproduce who do not have a functioning uterus. The surgery—now having been performed successfully in seve... Read More about Directed and Conditional Uterus Donation.

Artificial Womb Technology, Pregnancy and EU Employment Rights (2022)
Journal Article
Hooton, V., & Romanis, E. C. (2022). Artificial Womb Technology, Pregnancy and EU Employment Rights. Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 9(1), Article 009. https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsac009

This article considers challenges for the European Union (EU) maternity and pregnancy rights framework when faced with advances in reproductive technology. Specifically, we consider how the introduction of the ‘artificial womb’ technology, an alterna... Read More about Artificial Womb Technology, Pregnancy and EU Employment Rights.

Assisted Gestative Technologies (2022)
Journal Article
Romanis, E. C. (2022). Assisted Gestative Technologies. Journal of Medical Ethics, 48(7), 439-446. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-107769

A large body of literature considers the ethico-legal and regulatory issues surrounding assisted conception. Surrogacy, however, within this body of literature is an odd-fit. It involves a unique demand of another person – a form of reproductive labo... Read More about Assisted Gestative Technologies.

Appropriately framing maternal request caesarean section (2022)
Journal Article
Romanis, E. C. (2022). Appropriately framing maternal request caesarean section. Journal of Medical Ethics, 48, 554-556. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-107806

In their paper, ‘How to reach trustworthy decisions for caesarean sections on maternal request: a call for beneficial power’, Eide and Bærøe present maternal request caesarean sections (MRCS) as a site of conflict in obstetrics because birthing peopl... Read More about Appropriately framing maternal request caesarean section.