You may have seen this mind-blowing headline: China is reportedly working on a humanoid robot capable of becoming pregnant and giving birth to human babies. This news smacks of science fiction, yet it ...

These devices tend to involve female humanoid forms, raising red flags and reminding us of the lamentable tendency to pursue "substitutes" for women in their unique nurturing dimensions.

Other quandaries cloud the notion of a pregnancy robot: How would the eggs and sperm be sourced? Whose gametes would be used to test and optimize the device, proving it could lead to a live birth?