First Uterus Transplant Gives Pregnancy Hope To Transgender Women

Doctors in Cleveland this week introduced the first woman in the U.S. to receive a uterus transplant: a 26-year-old who was born without a uterus, and who has long wanted to carry her own child.

Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson talks with Leah Samuel, a reporter with STAT, about how the successful transplant is giving hope to transgender women, who also dream of being able to get pregnant and have babies of their own.

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• Leah Samuel, reporter for STAT. She tweets @leah_samuel.

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