"First Baby Born To U.S. Uterus Transplant Patient Raises Ethics Questions" from NPR

This interview sheds light on the tricky subject of informed consent among individuals who may arguably be unduly influenced by their desperate desires to have children. "I think we really refrain, and it was really important for us, from any pressure of any kind from our side but then of course, the inner pressure of this woman to have a child I think drove the entire process and their decision at the end." Uterus transplants that involve women who battle infertility present a myriad of ethical concerns ranging from informed decision-making to justice issues of access to these "technologies" or new age means to have children.

December 05, 2017

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