
Female patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) who had provided prior written agreement may act as surrogates, allowing embryos to be implanted in their uteruses and carried to term.
The paper by Dr Anna Smajdor, an associate professor at the University of Oslo, was first published in November 2022 in the medical journal Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics.
According to the article, with WBGD, vegetative women's bodies could be used as surrogates for potential parents who wish to have children but cannot, or prefer not to, based on proven cases of brain-dead women giving birth to healthy babies.
Comment: 'Prefer not to'?
Comment: What a disturbing thought process the professor has. She appears to be unable to conceive of the incredibly complex and synergistic relationship between mother and child, as well as their the interaction with the wider world during pregnancy, which undoubtedly has a profound impact on the child's development both before birth, and after.
What a disturbing thought process the prof has. She appears to be unable to conceive of the incredibly complex&synergistic relationship involved between mother and child
Although, in our time, warped proposals such as the above are par for the course in the rapidly deteriorating Western world, and, were it not for the grace of collapse, it's likely that they would be implemented: