Comments on: Doctors Work Towards Womb Transplants–But Are They Ethical?

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:02:45 +0000

I love the religious nuts who say this is unethical, yet give no thought to the billions of breeders stripping our planet bare.

Take the failed wombs and recycle them into communion wafers. The church teaches that the communion wafer becomes the actual body of Christ when you swallow, so lets keep it real.

By: The Sine

The Sine — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:06:52 +0000

And then there's this.

By: Phil Doran

Phil Doran — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:42:25 +0000

Would the womb be connected to the recipient’s own functioning ovaries?
Or would she require a donated egg or embryo?
Or would the transplant include ovaries also.

Would it be important to her that the child should be hers, genetically?

By: Zachary

Zachary — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:38:33 +0000

There is no real ethical question here. Given enough time only those who support medical advancements will live. Don’t think penicillin is ethical, goodbye. Blood transfusions too, goodbye. Anything that increases reproduction or survival rates will eventually swamp out opposing views. Of course moral systems will spring up to defend such actions, but they are only a justification for already successful strategies, not causes of the success.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:22:25 +0000

This is just step one.

Step two will be cloning up a uterus from scratch (stem cells perhaps), so we wont have to rely on the generosity (or lack thereof) of others in helping out their fellow humans.

We’ve already made bladders, working heart valves, cheek bones, and sections of heart muscle (that started beating in the petri dish). So it’s only a matter of time.

By: jaykay20102

jaykay20102 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:34:45 +0000

I heard about this sort of stuff a couple of years ago, and it creeps me out. I’m a woman, and an organ donor. I’ve also told the important people in my life that my uterus is not to be used for procedures like this.