I am not a woman. I cannot contemplate the physical and emotional experience of carrying a pregnancy and birthing a child. I imagine that it is a singular experience that is as deep and awesome today as it has always been. We have all seen the explosion in reproductive technology with in vitro fertilization, surrogate mothers, fertility agents and other emerging techniques. This process, beyond the high costs, can create anguish for those who are on this journey. I have felt in many instances that the ethical ramifications of some of these techniques are minimized or dismissed. Sadly, we often do stuff because we can, not because we should. Do we really think we can stop human cloning? Recently, a woman in Cleveland had a cadaver uterus placed during an extremely demanding 9 hour operation on 2/24/16. This was the first time this was performed in the United States. Only a handful of these operations have been performed worldwide. This woman, who has adopted children,
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