Should uterus transplants for transwomen get insurance cover?
Insurance cover in the United States for contraception, abortion, and transgender procedures is controversial, especially if private insurers are responsible. Cases have gone all the...
Israeli scientists create ‘synthetic’ mouse embryos
Israeli scientists have created the world’s first “synthetic embryos”. They used mouse stem cells to create embryos, nurtured them in an artificial “womb”, and grew...
Indian surgeon seeks to make transwoman pregnant
A New Delhi surgeon plans to transplant a uterus into a transwoman – a biological man – to enable him to give birth to a...
Womb transplants could be a “vital medical service” for transgender women
Demand could be strongA well-known British cosmetic surgeon says that transgender women (ie, natal males) should be entitled to womb transplants when the technique becomes...
Celebrating the reproductive revolution
Occasionally we tag one of our articles “reproductive revolution” because it exemplifies how far law and technology take us once sex has been detached from...
What is a good enough reason for a womb transplant?
Indian woman ‘borrows’ her mother’s because hers was scarred after abortions. Another chapter in the Reproductive Revolution. An Indian woman has given birth to a...
What are the ethical complications of a womb transplant?
Have you ever considered a black market in uteruses? In 2014, the first child to have been gestated in a donated uterus was born in...
The limits of ‘procreative liberty’
John Robertson was an American scholar in law and bioethics who died last year. He is best known for making a strong case for “procreative...
Do transgender women have a right to gestation?
With womb transplants on the way, we have to ask the question Successful womb transplants have given birth to the notion that transgender women or...
What does it mean to be a genetic parent?
Bioethicists are asking, "what counts as genetic parenthood?". In a world where assisted reproduction is becoming increasingly common, bioethicists are beginning to ask the question:...
Swedish woman ‘recycles’ her mother’s womb
Grandson born from same womb as his motherEmilie, Albin and Marie A Swedish woman has given birth to a son using the womb...
When will transgender women deliver babies?
The short answer is: don't hold your breath from Scientific American / Getty Images If we welcome transgender women, are transgender mothers a...