The Pros And Cons Of Uterus Transplants

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If we are to think about transplants, many of us may think of the following: heart transplants, liver transplants, kidney transplants, and even lung transplants. However, one that may not come to our head but is making its way out into this world, is uterus transplants which are being tested as a way of helping infertile women that were born without a uterus or may have had a hysterectomy due to health issues such as cancer. Now, we may start thinking is uterine transplants actually ethical and can uterus transplants actually work? Of course, there is going to be pros and cons to this topic but there are pros and cons to every topic we can think of. In this paper, I am going to be discussing the pros of having a uterus transplanted from one woman to another. …show more content…
One of the main reasons we may think that women get uterine transplants is to allow women to carry a child or multiple children such as living donor uterus transplants (LDUTx). Living donor uterus transplants or LDUTx will allow women who do not have a functional uterus to successfully carry a pregnancy and give birth. We may have this belief that uterine transplants are only to be sought when other options are not convenient. In realization, however, without the uterine transplant, the woman or women who do not have a uterus have no true other alternatives in order to have genetic offspring but by using a gestational
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