Uterus transplants, as they are technically known as, have been given the "go-ahead" with conducting research within the UK. In short what this means is, to start, 10 women who "don't have a functioning uterus', the way in which this will happen is the womb will be transplanted and left to heal for one year, after a year the recipients will use IVF to fertilise an egg in a lab and then implant the egg into the new uterus. This advance for womb transplants in the UK comes after a Swedish study in 2013 saw great success with 9 women having a transplant, 7 of which were healthy after a year, 4 of which went on to become pregnant. One main issue that has arisen from this advancement is where do we get the uterus' from. The Swedish researchers used the recipients mothers, this can maybe be a cause of the success they had, the organs have a reduced likelihood of being rejected. However the stigma specifically for the UK research is that they plan 'to use uteruses from women who are brain dead but whose hearts are still beating'. Personally I find this insensitive and I believe that the Swedish method would be much more appealing to everyone. The fact they are brain dead means that they are just vessels (different to being in a coma) and I understand the uterus has to be in a living body before hand but it feels like it is taking something from someone who cant say. Overall I agree with the fact that uterus transplant are a great thing and more research should be done to make it more common place
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28261-womb-transplants-get-go-ahead-in-the-uk-what-you-need-to-know/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28261-womb-transplants-get-go-ahead-in-the-uk-what-you-need-to-know/