Womb transplants may be the dawn of a new age, but they fill me with foreboding | Sonia Sodha

Ethical questions – not least, about risks to the donors – have been ignored in the excited coverage of this British medical breakthroughGood news stories can feel few and far between these days. The pace of progress means they are often medical; there ’s always new life-saving and life-changing treatments on the horizon.Perhaps that explains the breathy excitement with which the UK ’s first womb transplant wasreported last week– transferred from an older sister who has had children to a younger sister with a rare condition that means she could not otherwise carry a pregnancy. Articles were packed with quotes from doctors heralding this as a profound development, the “dawn of a new age”, according to the chair of the British Fertility Society.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a letter of up to 250 words to be considered for publication, email it to us atobserver.letters@observer.co.ukContinue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Fertility problems Health Society Medical research Ethics UK news Source Type: news