Fergus Walsh
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Global News Podcast
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This is baby Amy. She's the child her parents, Grace and Angus Davidson, had long dreamed of but thought might never be possible.
Global News Podcast
China vows to fight US 'blackmail' over tariffs
That's because Grace was born without a functioning womb. So her eldest sister, Amy Purdy, who has two children of her own, donated hers.
Global News Podcast
China vows to fight US 'blackmail' over tariffs
Angus says there was never any doubt that baby Amy would be named after her aunt.
Global News Podcast
China vows to fight US 'blackmail' over tariffs
The womb transplant from sister to sister was the first in the UK. Since then, three more womb transplants have been carried out using deceased donors. Surgeon Professor Richard Smith led the organ retrieval team.
Global News Podcast
China vows to fight US 'blackmail' over tariffs
Before the transplant, Grace and Angus underwent fertility treatment. This was to create frozen embryos. Dr Isabel Kiroga, who led the transplant team in Oxford, rejects the suggestion that these operations are unnecessary.
Global News Podcast
China vows to fight US 'blackmail' over tariffs
Grace has to take immunosuppressant drugs to stop her body rejecting her sister's womb. These come with health risks, so the womb will eventually be removed. So what comes next?
Global News Podcast
China vows to fight US 'blackmail' over tariffs
There have now been around 135 womb transplants around the world. This cutting-edge procedure is still evolving, but gives women like Grace an alternative to surrogacy or adoption. Fergus Walsh reporting.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
Within the next few months, April Hubbard plans to die on stage at her local theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she's performed many times. She's not terminally ill, but has been given approval to have an assisted death.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
April has been on strong opioid painkillers for more than 20 years, including fentanyl patches. She's been approved for medical assistance in dying, MAID, because her condition is incurable and she finds her suffering intolerable. But critics, like family doctor Ramona Coelho, say MAID is being used as an alternative to social or medical support.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
More than 15,000 people a year have a medically assisted death in Canada.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
Vicky Whelan says her 81-year-old mother, Sharon, was bombarded with offers of maid when she was close to death in hospital, where approval can be given within 24 hours.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
You brought your mom home to die. What was her death like?
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
Dr. Konya Troughton is president of the Canadian Association of Maid Assessors and Providers. She's helped hundreds of people to die since the law was introduced, using a lethal injection of drugs. So I'd start an intravenous probably there. Get some tape to secure that part. It usually takes patients only a few minutes to die. That's where the drugs would go in? Yeah.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
This is not what's planned for England and Wales, where patients would need to self-administer, usually drink the dose. Strangely, these days I use my stethoscope more to determine if someone has no heartbeat. Dr Troughton says it's more effective for doctors to carry it out.