Can a fetus successfully gestate in the womb of a brain-dead woman?

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  • Yes, if the woman has prolonged somatic survival, it could assist in carrying a pregnancy to full term
  • Maybe, a successful pregnancy is possible as long as the woman's heart is working. If the heart were to stop, it could risk two lives and complicate the pregnancy
  • No, utilizing a brain-dead woman as a vessel for pregnancy is impractical due to limited evidence. It also raises ethical concerns about the humane treatment of individuals in medical care
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    • #38843
      Seema Waghmareswaghmare
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      Whole-body gestational donation is a potential solution for individuals unable or unwilling to carry a pregnancy themselves. It involves utilizing the bodies of brain-dead women to carry a pregnancy to term. Recent research has demonstrated that women who have experienced brain hemorrhages or are in a persistent vegetative state can carry a baby to full term. A clinical study has recorded the longest brain-dead gestation period to be 110 days, and initiating a pregnancy in such patients raises feasibility concerns.
      However, using this method to prolong the ventilation of brain-dead patients is controversial. Some medical professionals doubt the practicality of sustaining a brain-dead person’s somatic survival for an extended period. The patient’s heart would stop beating, but it is unclear when and how it can be managed. While it is unclear how long a brain-dead patient can be supported somatically, it is generally considered unethical. Prolonged ventilation can lead to complications, and using a brain-dead patient’s body for gestational donation instead of focusing on their medical needs can be distressing.

      Should The World Consider Whole Body Gestational Donation?

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      Michael WelshRobert Zabenko
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      It’s a gross oversimplification to assume that the mother’s brain isn’t actively involved in pregnancy. For example, the pineal gland is involved in the onset of labor.

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      sardarwaqasksardarwaqask
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      God is done everything…. but scientifically no

    • #38940
      bt.mallesh3bt.mallesh3
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      No, it’s unethical

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      bt.mallesh3bt.mallesh3
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      No

    • #38950
      jumadaniel43jumadaniel43
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      but why do u want to use that method

    • #38955
      JEREMIAH BILIYOKJEREMIAH BILIYOK
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      I understand advances in medicine is needed, but going this distance.. No.
      We don’t Know what the future consequences may be.

    • #39052
      Heather NelsonHeather Nelson
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      I would only say yes if the women had been interested in donating her body to science.

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      Rahul k rajuRahul k raju
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      In general, a brain-dead woman cannot carry a pregnancy to term, as the body’s physiological responses that support fetal growth and development are dependent on a functioning brain. The brain controls hormone production, blood flow, and other vital bodily functions necessary for pregnancy. When the brain ceases to function, these essential bodily functions also stop.

    • #39954
      pervinsurtipervinsurti
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      There are visible atleast ten to twelve cases of success

    • #39987
      emayida340emayida340
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      No, a brain dead woman can not carry a child in pregnancy because of the complexities involved with pregnancy.

    • #40980
      karenlynch87karenlynch87
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      Is this possible. Yes in cases where the mother is comatose or brain dead from trauma & the baby isn’t full term it’s been done. Impregnating women for your use is beyond Narcissistic, beyond evil, vile, people are not lab rats. We are already a sick world with trans operations on children- forcing Toxic- failed vaccines on the public that is ignorant. STOP 🛑

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      javedakhter224javedakhter224
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      yes

    • #41035
      meintjesmariannemeintjesmarianne
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      Its debatable and there is a lot of factors involved…Depend on how open minded the whole scenario will be layed on the table as they say….

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      bfino1010bfino1010
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      Depends on when she necomes brain desd, the circumstances causing the brain death and if the cjild being norn will have a support system and taken care of for their entire childhood to adulthood. There are many circumstances that will change these answers and every time will always be a situational answer

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