Is uterus transplantation an ethically justifiable alternative to surrogacy?

• TAKASHIMA Kyoko

  国立国際医療研究センター研究所メディカルゲノムセンター

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• UFI 女性に対する子宮移植の実用化に向けた法的・倫理的課題の検討と代替手段の考察
• UFI女性に対する子宮移植の実用化に向けた法的・倫理的課題の検討と代替手段の考察 : 代理懐胎の倫理的問題を回避する解決策といえるか?
• UFI ジョセイ ニ タイスル シキュウ イショク ノ ジツヨウカ ニ ムケタ ホウテキ ・ リンリテキ カダイ ノ ケントウ ト ダイタイ シュダン ノ コウサツ : ダイリ カイタイ ノ リンリテキ モンダイ オ カイヒ スル カイケツサク ト イエル カ?
• －代理懐胎の倫理的問題を回避する解決策といえるか？－

Abstract

　　Since 2014, when Swedish researchers delivered the first living baby from a mother who had undergone uterus transplant from a living donor, uterus transplantation (UTx) has become a new practical option for women with absolute uterus factor infertility (UFI), who desire to give birth to their own children. Japanese women suffering from UFI are no exception, and some researchers have considered the application of this method. In UTx, organ transplantation from living or deceased donors is used under the goal of assisted reproductive technology. This article aims to provide an overview of the ethical considerations of UTx from three aspects: justification and feasibility of UTx as organ transplantation; comparison with other alternatives of assisted reproductive technology such as surrogacy; and the interests of the children borne by women through UTx. Finally, it examines the ethical challenges that should be resolved if UTx is applied to clinical medicine in Japan, considering the possibility of artificial womb as another alternative to UTx. Indepth discussions are necessary to settle these issues before clinical trials of UTx for women with UFI are implemented in Japan, so that all the stakeholders, including women with UFI, potentialdonors of a uterus, and the children born with the help of UTx would not suffer from this emerging technology.

Journal

• Bioethics

  Bioethics 29 (1), 37-44, 2019-09-26

  Japan Association for Bioethics

Keywords

• uterus transplantation
• uterine factor infertility
• surrogacy
• organ transplantation
• artificial womb

Details

• CRID: 1390848250133565312
• NII Article ID: 130007883657
• NII Book ID: AN10355291
• DOI: 10.20593/jabedit.29.1_37
• ISSN: 2189695X
• ISSN: 13434063
• NDL BIB ID: 032533475
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/032533475
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I032533475
• Text Lang: ja
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