Trapianto d’utero e libertà riproduttiva

In the case of uterine absence, transplantation could thus be a possibility in the treatment of this type of infertility that is a cause of distress for some women. This type of transplant, in fact, is performed precisely for the purpose of alleviating the psychological harm caused by the absence of a uterus for a woman who wants to have children through a pregnancy of her own. For women born without a uterus, therefore, this type of transplantation may represent a real hope of successfully achieving a healthy and regular pregnancy. How ethically controversial is this medical practice? The permissibility of uterine transplantation will be the subject of this contribution.