Womb transplants Vs Preservation of life

[cassity]

 

Personally, the preservation of life is more important. The people in my life are already here and of course more important (to me) than those who are not yet with us and I would like to see them treated and given the opportunity to live..

 

You have to ask yourself how important?

 

You have the luxury of looking at the people important to you because of the ability of you or those around you being able to conceive in the first instance. There are some who would say this gives some the opportunity to conceive and in turn given the opportunity to have what you have, the 'importance' of those close to you.

 

As for the cost argument..how much does an individual contribute to society over its lifespan? If cost is an issue alone then maybe we should look to withdrawing medication from those who don't or can't contribute...What some may desire or aspire to can be just as important as what you already have.

Edited October 1, 2015 by cassity

[Daven]

I think the issue here is why the NHS should have to fund infertility treatment.

Surely the NHS is for sick people - does infertility fall into that bracket ?

[Cyclone]

That's really a question about how we define sickness and illness.

The NHS funds all kinds of things that people could manage without, but just because someone can function doesn't mean that there isn't something wrong.

[vwkittie]

Surely the question should be around what happens if the transplanted uterus is rejected 6 months in to the pregnancy? Is it fair to the child to deliberately put them at that risk?

 

What about the immunosupressants the mother has to take - what if she gets an infection that affects the child? Again, it's deliberately placing the developing child at an unnecessary risk (i.e. they could use a healthy surrogate mother), which seems wrong to me.

[cassity]

That's really a question about how we define sickness and illness.

The NHS funds all kinds of things that people could manage without, but just because someone can function doesn't mean that there isn't something wrong.

 

A perceptive post.

[Daven]

Surely the question should be around what happens if the transplanted uterus is rejected 6 months in to the pregnancy? Is it fair to the child to deliberately put them at that risk?

 

What about the immunosupressants the mother has to take - what if she gets an infection that affects the child? Again, it's deliberately placing the developing child at an unnecessary risk (i.e. they could use a healthy surrogate mother), which seems wrong to me.

 

That's a very good point.

By virtue of the fact a uterus is transplanted the woman would have to take high doses of immunosuppressants for life for the uterus not to be rejected which would be very harmful to the developing foetus if, indeed, the woman could even get pregnant.

[Cyclone]

That's a very good point.

By virtue of the fact a uterus is transplanted the woman would have to take high doses of immunosuppressants for life for the uterus not to be rejected which would be very harmful to the developing foetus if, indeed, the woman could even get pregnant.

 

I don't think I'm going out on a limb when I say that they've almost certainly thought about this.

[Daven]

I don't think I'm going out on a limb when I say that they've almost certainly thought about this.

 

Sarcasm so early in the day

I know I was stating the b******g obvious but sometimes it's necessary on here !

[Cyclone]

That wasn't in the least sarcastic.

 

I'm pretty sure they'll have thought about it, and google can probably explain the implications. It must be possible to avoid the problems you mentioned, otherwise the procedure is entirely pointless.

[JFKvsNixon]

Admittedly you don't need to have children to be able to live, but then you don't need to have your knees replaced if you can no longer walk or you don't need the reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy to be able to live.

 

It's important that the person do have their knees replaced because, being able about to move about and socialise is essential to how us humans live, as is regaining a female shape after breast cancer for many.

 

Equally so it could be argued that for many being able bring your own children into the world and raise them is just as much a essential part of life.