First UK birth after womb transplant is a medical breakthrough – but raises important ethical questions

Costs and who will get access to the treatment are key questions that will need to be answered. Antonio Marca/ Shutterstock

A baby girl named Amy Isabel has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother who has had a womb transplant. Amy is one of around 65 children worldwide born as a result of pioneering research into the procedure.

This breakthrough provides hope for many of the estimated 15,000 UK women with uterine factor infertility – which means they are unable to have...