Womb transplants...what do you think?
By Centregeek
@Centregeek (500)
United States
January 15, 2007 9:18am CST
I recently heard that doctors are considering performing womb transplants on women who are barren due to cancer treatments and other medical circumstances. This procedure would allow women who are unable to conceive a child to carry one to term on their own. However, it does pose some ethical questions as well. If the woman is barren and unable to conceive a child on her own without this procedure, then in theroy the child would not be genetically her own. What medical problems might the child have arise in the future and the genetic mother's family history might be needed for treatment. There might be questions in the child's mind as to why it has not inherited any of his / her mother's features. My questions to you is how do you feel about this medical breakthrough? Is it a miracle or have people taken science too far?
3 responses
@sunshinecup (7871)
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15 Jan 07
I am a bit confused, how would a womb transplant not make the baby hers? Are you saying the ovaries as well? Cause as long as it's her egg, then it will be her child.
I think it's rather wonderful myself. I don't see future problems arising any more from this, than there are from adoption. As long as the child knows it's loved, then there shouldn't be a problem with it.
Do you have a source, a link? I would love to find out more on this. It sounds very interesting.
@Centregeek (500)
• United States
15 Jan 07
I'm wondering how extensive this procedure would have to be in some women who are as the report stated "barren". If the ovaries are non-productive, would they not have to be replaced as well?
@Centregeek (500)
• United States
15 Jan 07
I thank you both for your responses and just as a note, I'm not saying that I'm against this procedure entirely, I'm just starting an informative discussion. I just want different points of view on this topic.
@smbilalshah (1316)
• Pakistan
15 Jan 07
but i have a question who would ever donate a womb? maybe some very rare or those poor third world citizens that r desperate for money
@Centregeek (500)
• United States
15 Jan 07
I think it would come from accident victims who are organ donors. It could be that very poor people would donate for a price and this poses another etical concern doesn't it.
@RAMPersona (2033)
• Philippines
15 Jan 07
only my opinion, i don't think an inborn barren woman that undergoes this procedure may have a genetically indifferent offspring unless there is an important vein or connection that is missing or not connected or the actual gene or whatever that makes a woman barren. until the Genome Project (map our being at gene level and identification) is succesfully finished, we can only hope all issues involving this technique be resolved, i mean no "bad news"...
