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.

However, before this new treatment is offered more widely, complex questions will need to be answered about how it will be resourced, how wombs will be procured and who will get access to the treatment.

Members of The Future of Human Reproduction team discuss the issues involved in their piece published in The Conversation.

Read the full article here: First UK birth after womb transplant is a medical breakthrough – but raises important ethical questions