Most people assume that if they create a child, it is their child. But as reproductive technology advances and laws change accordingly, the link between creation, delegation and parenting is becoming increasingly tenuous. You may be able to conceive and see your first child “born” through external development (artificial womb technology). How we respond to these advances will depend on what we do about the relationship between childbirth and parenthood, now and in the future.
Since 2017, law reform bodies in England, Scotland and Wales have refined reform proposals for ….
