Men could get pregnant as soon as “tomorrow” thanks to developments in womb transplantation, according to one of the world’s leading fertility professors.
The success of womb transplants in women means that the science is now available to allow similar operations to be carried out on those who began life as men, Dr Richard Paulson, President of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine said.
He also adds that with trans medicine now becoming “mainstream”, that people who have undergone gender reassignment surgery will also want to take advantage and consider the possibility of a womb transplant.
This would allow them to carry a baby, and he adds that there is no scientific reason why it could not happen.
Speaking at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas, Dr Paulson explained that there was no anatomical reason why a womb could not be successfully implanted into a transgender woman.
“You could do it tomorrow,” he said.
“There would be additional challenges, but I don’t see any obvious problem that would preclude it.
”I personally suspect there are going to be trans women who are going to want to have a uterus and will likely get the transplant.”
He also added that while men and woman have a different shaped pelvis there would nevertheless be room for an implanted womb.
