Trans Women May Soon Give Birth— A Trans Woman’s Perspective

The first successful birth from a transplanted womb has surgeons speculating about transplanting wombs into trans women’s bodies. Here are my thoughts.

Here’s the link to the original article:

Surgeon Calls For Womb Transplants To Allow Transgender Women To Have Their Own Children

Surgeon Christopher Inglefield — Shutterstock

Here’s an excerpt from the article:

“According to Inglefield, the procedure involving a uterus transplant done on transgender women would be “essentially identical” to the procedure done on non-transgender women. “This pioneering birth is extremely important for any trans female who would like to carry her own child,” Dr. Inglefield said during an interview with The Mirror.

“Because once the medical community accept this as a treatment for cis-women with uterine infertility, such as congenital absence of a womb, then it would be illegal to deny a trans-female who has completed her transition.”

First off, let’s fix some of this language:

a) Can we stop referring to women as “females.” This probably comes from cops. They have this annoying, dehumanizing cop-speak —…