According to a recent report published in The Daily Mail, a representative of the AMA has suggested in the June issue of its Journal of Ethics that taxpayers could be put on the hook for a $300,000 surgery to transplant a uterus into a male patient to "Subsidize" the cost of the very expensive and totally experimental surgery.
The American Medical Association has suggested that taxpayers should subsidize uterus transplants worth up to $300,000 to help transgender women get pregnant.
The entire June issue is dedicated to nothing but transgender medical issues, but the one about transplanting a uterus into a man is really over the moon.
One thing you may notice if you read the Journal article is that they make reference to "Swedish researchers involved in the initial successful uterus transplants resulting in live births." This might lead the unwary to believe that these trans-plants and births are already happening.
The transplants in question were done using a donor uterus from either a deceased woman or a patient having hers removed for other reasons, with the organ being transplanted into a living woman.
Still something of a medical miracle, but not related to the topic at hand.
The initial procedure involves incredible medical gymnastics to attempt to wedge a donor organ into a place that it was never intended to be.
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