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Uterus transplantation (UTx) offers pregnancy for women with uterine infertility but faces ethical scrutiny. Societal analysis suggests the existential suffering alleviated by UTx may not justify its high risks and costs.

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  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Transplantation Surgery
  • Medical Ethics

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  • Uterus transplantation (UTx) is an emerging procedure enabling pregnancy in women with absolute uterine factor infertility.
  • Living donation is the most common method for uterus transplantation.
  • The ethical justification of UTx requires a careful assessment of its risks and benefits.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the existential suffering addressed by uterus transplantation.
  • To discuss the normative value of this suffering in the context of medical intervention.
  • To evaluate the legitimacy of UTx from both individual and societal perspectives.

Main Methods:

  • Reviewing the risks and benefits of UTx for the child, donor, and recipient.
  • Analyzing the nature of existential suffering and its subjective evaluation.
  • Applying societal arguments to assess the normative value of suffering addressed by UTx.

Main Results:

  • Uterus transplantation addresses a form of existential suffering.
  • Subjective evaluation of suffering is important but insufficient for medical justification.
  • Societal perspective indicates that the existential suffering alleviated by UTx lacks sufficient normative value.

Conclusions:

  • The existential suffering addressed by uterus transplantation does not sufficiently legitimize this high-risk, expensive procedure.
  • A comprehensive ethical evaluation must consider societal perspectives beyond individual suffering.
  • Further ethical debate is needed regarding the justification of uterus transplantation.