Doctors Perform First Successful Uterus Transplant

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by Mircea

Is this stuff covered by Obamacare?

It's considered experimental and discretionary surgery

It's doubtful any US insurance or any state Medicaid cover this.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by RP2C

I heard of this new program called "adoption".

Unfortunately, people still desperately want infants, and there are not enough infants to go around for all the people who can't have children and would like a baby. Not good news for the older and disabled children available for adoption, but would you want to force people to adopt kids they don't really want, either? As long as there are people willing to pay to get an infant by whatever means they can, science will seek to accommodate them.

[RP2C]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

Unfortunately, people still desperately want infants, and there are not enough infants to go around for all the people who can't have children and would like a baby. Not good news for the older and disabled children available for adoption, but would you want to force people to adopt kids they don't really want, either? As long as there are people willing to pay to get an infant by whatever means they can, science will seek to accommodate them.

Of course I would never "force people to adopt..."; they're free to choose their own paths. I just seems like first: adoption appears to be underutilized and second: the types of measures being discussed seem to have more to do with the "parent"'s psychological (perceived) needs than anything else. Producing a new life in an attempt to address one's anxiety seems extreme.