Your Uterus or Mine? How Transplantation Is Changing the Face of Reproductive Medicine | Dr. Andrew Kubick

Your Uterus or Mine? How Transplantation Is Changing the Face of Reproductive Medicine | Dr. Andrew Kubick

April 17, 2026 · 58 min

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Samantha discusses the implications of uterine transplantation with Andrew Kubick, exploring both the medical advancements and ethical dilemmas involved.

Medical breakthroughs often arrive faster than our moral vocabulary can keep up. Samantha speaks with Andrew Kubick of the National Catholic Bioethics Center about uterine transplantation — from its therapeutic promise for women experiencing infertility to the profound ethical questions raised as reproductive technology expands toward increasingly experimental possibilities. When medicine gains the power not only to heal but to redesign reproduction, how should we think about human dignity, motherhood, and the meaning of the body itself? In this episode: The science and ethics of uterine transplants Therapeutic medicine vs. technological expansion Bioethics and Catholic moral reasoning The cultural implications of redefining reproduction Buy the book: Transplanting the Womb Subscribe to the newsletter!

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