Would you use an artificial womb? (I would)

Not that the technology is inherently evil or anything, it's only a matter of how it's applied. I don't see a huge issue with it if it's applied like normal child birth, with two parents being responsible for a child and no one else.

On the other hand, there will likely be many unforseen issues with this, like skipping the hormonal changes that bind a mother to her child and switch her over to "caring mode". Maybe this will lead to neglect and abuse. 
Also the process of birth is important for a child's development, from getting the mothers microbiome to the squeezing action being important for the child for some reason I don't remember.

Then again someone other than parents producing and caring for kids might be necessary, since the developed world's population is steadily declining and soon the whole worlds. It sucks, but it would be preferable to humanity ending, because no one wants to get kids anymore.


Another plus would be that we could more easily colonize other solar systems, without having to send tens of thousands of people, but just a bunch of frozen eggs and someone to raise them.

+ we would have the tools to rapidly recolonize our own planet in case of a cataclysmic event.


Btw, have you ever seen the movie The Island? If not, spoiler:





They use artificial wombs to grow humans to adulthood for organ transplantation, because they couldn't figure out how to grow organs only.

Given the whole Chinese organ harvesting, I could see this happen today.


It's like with any technology, take electricity, you could light a home or build an electric chair.