Jean-Louis Couturier wrote:

> I haven't read Bujold and have no idea what uterine replicators are.  I
> was thinking of an artificial womb.  Hospitals already have incubators
> and as time passes, premature babies have a better and better chances
> at life.  The development that a fetus needs to have attained to have a
> chance at life outside of its mother's womb is also diminishing.

<a good chunk snipped; refer to Jean-Louis's original post for more
details> 

> Is this clearer?

This is clear, at least to me, and about what Bujold envisions.  

This would solve the problem of the pregnancy threatening the life of
the mother, and would take away *that* particular moral dilemma.

        Julia
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