Sao Paulo, Brazil, Dec 5, 2018 / 17:01 pm
Researchers from Brazil announced Tuesday that a baby had been born to a mother who had received a transplanted uterus from a deceased woman.
While uterine transplant is ethical, the use of in-vitro fertilization to produce a child, as was done in this case, is morally illicit.
Though 11 babies have been born worldwide to mothers who received a transplanted uterus from a living donor, this is thought to be the first baby born alive from a uterus taken from a deceased woman.
This follows at least 10 other attempted uterus transplants from deceased donors in the United States, Turkey, and the Czech Republic.