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Of course not. But I think appealing to women on an emotional level to garner approval is just wrong.

To get to the uncomfortable, how does one ‘expect’ a premie, (which the article assumes) and how does one remove that premie from the mother's body, sac and all (it can't breathe any air, right?), without permanently traumatizing the mother's body? Seems a little more involved than a C-section.

What are the physiological, neurological and psychological effects on the child who's hooked up to tubes in a solution without the mother's hormones, “taste”, body resistance, heartbeat, normal movement and sounds?

Studies have shown that premies who do survive birth and are transferred to incubators for weeks or months, almost 30% display disorganized bonding, even tho the parent is completely bonded. Disorganized bonding is a symptom of abused infants, so what is going on with premies that causes this same disorganized bonding? The simplest answer seems to be detachment from the mother's body negatively affects neurological development that can last well into the teens.

A pregnant mother, of course, is willing to accept the challenge - she's going to want to save her baby and all measures should be taken to do that. I have nothing but the warmest compassion for those mothers because their path will not be an easy one in some cases.

But the article puts forth two concepts, one, that a child begin it's life in a bag so parents can 'make the decision' whether to allow growth to full term, and second, the concept that normal, healthy, bonding babies can be grown without the 'inconvenience of pregnancy'. Assisting premies seems almost an afterthought - oh yeah, we better mention this. One is just downright scary - I don't think The Almighty wants us shopping for babies like picking goldfish out at Walmart - get the biggest one - get the goldest one, get the one with the big spot on its tail, etc. And the other, 'convenience', is a fairytale that fails to account that humans are not sheep or cows or fish destined for the slaughterhouse in a year or two. Humans are very complex creatures as is the interaction on so many different levels between an unborn child and the mother.

some research: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130715070311.htm