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A lot of science fiction movies have put forth the scenario that in space, two astronauts create life...and then what. As far as NASA is concerned, or as far as we know, no two astronauts have ever had sex in space nor has a female astronaut ever been pregnant prior to, during her space flight, or while on the ISS.

However, if our goal is to eventually be able to live on another planet or potentially in space itself like on space stations, could we ever allow a pregnant woman in space. One could argue that an earth pregnancy is not a guarantee that a child will come to fruition or live once it's born, so would it be any more or less ethical? Obviously we also have no idea what would happen to the baby, the mother, and let alone what to do after the baby is born in space like could it ever be brought back to earth but years ago NASA refused to let women into space because they feared that having a period in space could somehow be detrimental to her health (also rampant sexism, but whatever) but obviously that had to be tested and here we are.

Should we test pregnancy in space or is it far too unethical to even try?