{"id":296987,"date":"2023-08-23T18:38:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T23:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=296987"},"modified":"2023-09-14T15:52:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T20:52:49","slug":"american-medical-uterus-transplants-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/american-medical-uterus-transplants-men\/","title":{"rendered":"AMA Journal of Ethics article suggests that taxpayers fund uterus transplants for biological men"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An article published in the American Medical Association (AMA) Journal of Ethics has suggested that taxpayers subsidize uterus transplants up to $300,000 to help biological males who identify as women to become pregnant. A uterus transplant is a risky and difficult surgery that can take up to 18 months, on average, to complete.<\/p>\n

According to The Daily Mail<\/a>, in the June issue<\/a> of the Journal of Ethics, the article said that biological men who identify as women and want to have the experience of giving birth can “plausibly justify” the subsidy of uterus transplants, a medical procedure that can cost as much as $300,000. The AMA is now being criticized for taking an “activist position<\/a>” and has issued a recent “fact check<\/a>” on the matter.<\/p>\n

“Transwomen lack a trait (the ability to bear children) that may cause them to experience psychological dissonance in a way that undermines their health and well-being,” authors Timothy F. Murphy and Kelsey Mumford wrote in the Journal of Ethics. “The lack of a uterus also closes off the prospect of gestating a child in a way that is available to women as a class. It follows that lack of a uterus is an obstacle to full participation in the social goods attached to women’s identity.”<\/p>\n

This is entirely untrue as there are biological women who do not have a uterus, yet are fully female.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail explained what a uterus transplant for a biological man would involve, and it begins with a vaginoplasty. This is a surgical procedure that involves removing the man’s testicles, and inverting the penis into a fake vagina. The transplanted uterus would then be attached to the fake vagina. The man would have to begin taking immunosuppressant drugs to attempt to prevent the body from rejecting the uterus, though these drugs don’t always work as well as hoped. In addition, such drugs can cause pregnancy complications<\/a> and harm to developing preborn child, who would have to be implanted via IVF.<\/p>\n

If the biological male is actually able to sustain pregnancy, he would be able to have the uterus removed once the baby (or babies) is born.<\/p>\n