Quoted from Slate.com
OK, here's for some serious ick. Just adopt, people!!
"Candidates are being screened for the first U.S. womb transplant. The only previous womb transplant failed several years ago in Saudi Arabia. To minimize anti-rejection drugs, the womb would be a one-shot rental, transplanted shortly before pregnancy and then removed with the baby. Objections: 1) It's risky and unnecessary, since the purpose is to allow pregnancy, not survival. 2) If you want a kid, you can hire a surrogate or adopt instead. 3) It's unethical to put a fetus at such risk. Defense: 1) Pregnancy is a "very basic desire." 2) It's not "a doctor's role to tell a patient that their values are not important." 3) We're already transplanting hands and faces, which aren't necessary to survival. Idealistic spin: Men could have babies! Cynical spin: Men could wash dishes … but they don't."
Did I mention the uteruses are from cadavers?!?!?
"Candidates are being screened for the first U.S. womb transplant. The only previous womb transplant failed several years ago in Saudi Arabia. To minimize anti-rejection drugs, the womb would be a one-shot rental, transplanted shortly before pregnancy and then removed with the baby. Objections: 1) It's risky and unnecessary, since the purpose is to allow pregnancy, not survival. 2) If you want a kid, you can hire a surrogate or adopt instead. 3) It's unethical to put a fetus at such risk. Defense: 1) Pregnancy is a "very basic desire." 2) It's not "a doctor's role to tell a patient that their values are not important." 3) We're already transplanting hands and faces, which aren't necessary to survival. Idealistic spin: Men could have babies! Cynical spin: Men could wash dishes … but they don't."
Did I mention the uteruses are from cadavers?!?!?