Options for acquiring motherhood in absolute uterine factor infertility; adoption, surrogacy and uterine transplantation.

Benjamin P JonesNiccole Ranaei-ZamaniSaaliha ValiNicola WilliamsSrdjan SasoMeen-Yau ThumMaya Al-MemarNuala DixonGillian RoseGiuliano TestaLiza JohannessonJoseph YazbekStephen WilkinsonJ Richard Smith

Published in: The obstetrician & gynaecologist : the journal for continuing professional development from the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (2021)

In the UK, while the number of children requiring adoption continues to increase, the number being adopted from care is decreasing.Some cultures may hold ethical or religious beliefs that surrogacy is unacceptable, and its legal position in many jurisdictions is problematic.Restrictive selection criteria and high costs may limit future availability of uterine transplantation.

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