El reto bioético del trasplante de útero en España.

Since the end of the last century, advances in reproductive biotechnology have reached milestones at the time unimaginable. These techniques have allowed to overcome the barrier of infertility of various etiologies, providing solutions in an area of incalculable value to humanity, such as reproductive capacity and, consequently, the significance of its loss. With all this, there is still a pathology that poses a special challenge, not only biomedical, but bio-legal, because existing alternatives besides few leave no one indifferent. This is uterine pathology as it can cause infertility. Adoption has been pointed out as the only option to have children on the part of those affected by such pathology, in a process that presents itself arduous, since national and international regulations, as well as adoption programs, are long and costly for women and couples interested in it. In addition, it is an option that involves the renunciation of biological and genetic motherhood in order to fulfill the dream of motherhood with its own genes. Uterine transplantation, as an alternative to the future, currently presents challenges and conflicts in various fields: medical-surgical, bioethical and social. The objective of this paper is to analyze from an essentially bioethical and biojuridical perspective, the theoretical options existing for the treatment of uterine infertility, and in particular in relation to living-donor uterus transplantation and the technique called "uterine surrogacy". Emphasizing the importance of conflicting values in the face of uterine transplantation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]