Persuasive Essay

Eggs came first. Millions of years before mammals, eggs existed, their hard shells unlike her mammalian sister who waddles around, heavily crippled with the burden of her womb. Eggs conferred evolutionary advantage.

At the Grammy Awards, Lady Gaga crawled out of an artificial womb to sing her hit, “Born This Way.” Synthetic uteri have featured in numerous books and films, from Brave New World to Avatar. We believe eggs will return, to hatch our young, and we will embrace them.

Humanity inevitably will return to the egg via “artificial wombs” and allow women the same gestating liberty as birds in the air. Critics of “ectogenesis” abound, but we see its advantages. Synthetic uteri will spawn exciting freedoms for both genders.

Maternal Health & Safety

She deplored the “deformation of the body” gestation created, leading to childbirth, which “hurts and isn’t good for you.” Though Firestone’s views on pregnancy seemed at times extreme, the negative side effects of pregnancy, which include nausea, vomiting, weight gain of up to 40+ pounds, fatigue and pain, with a torturous pushing culmination which threatens the mother’s life, wounded with a C-section, with pelvic floor injuries, postpartum hemorrhage, pre-eclampsia, hospital infections, or post-traumatic stress disorder, give due credit to her case.

Each year, an estimated 529 000 maternal deaths occur. This number comes from calculations for the year 2000, the most recent date for such crude data (Zahr & Wardlaw, 2004). And while many women report holding the newborn in their arms for the first time, forgetting the frustrations of pregnancy and considering the hardships worthwhile, the fact remains: pregnancy remains one of the most risky and unpleasant things a women can expect to