In a groundbreaking medical achievement, a baby girl named Amy Isabel has become the first child in the United Kingdom to be born following a womb transplant. This historic birth offers renewed hope for thousands of women in Britain who are unable to conceive due to uterine conditions.

Grace Davidson, 36, received a womb transplant from her older sister, Amy Purdie, 42, in 2023. Davidson was diagnosed with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, a rare condition affecting approximately 1 in 5,000 women, characterized by an underdeveloped or absent womb. Despite this condition, her ovaries remained functional, allowing for the possibility of conception via fertility treatment.

Prior to the transplant, Davidson and her husband, Angus, 37, underwent fertility treatment, resulting in seven frozen embryos. The transplant surgery took place in February 2023, with Amy Purdie donating her womb. After several months, one of the stored embryos was successfully transferred via IVF.

Amy Isabel was born via a planned Cesarean section on February 27 at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London. The baby, weighing 4.5lb, was delivered several weeks early to ensure a safe, hospital-based delivery.

The Davidsons expressed their overwhelming joy and gratitude. "We have been given the greatest gift we could ever have asked for," Grace Davidson said. "It was just hard to believe she was real. I knew she was ours, but it’s just hard to believe."

Amy Purdie, who is a mother of two, described the decision to donate her womb as "very natural." She, along with her older sister and mother, immediately offered to donate once the possibility arose.

The lead surgeons, Professor Richard Smith and Isabel Quiroga, were present during the birth. Professor Smith, clinical lead at the charity Womb Transplant UK, expressed his joy, stating, "I feel great joy actually, unbelievable – 25 years down the line from starting this research, we finally have a baby, little Amy Isabel. Astonishing, really astonishing."

Womb Transplant UK has performed four womb transplants in the UK, including Davidson's. The first successful birth after womb transplant occurred in Sweden in 2014. Dr. Mats Brännström, of Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, predicted that womb transplants could become an option for women who have lost their womb due to cancer, complications after birth, or other uterine conditions.

In other news, the US Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to use a 1978 law, historically employed in wartime, to pursue deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members. The court's 5-4 ruling, however, imposed restrictions, requiring judicial review and notice to detainees subject to removal under the Alien Enemies Act.

The court specified that detainees must receive notice of their subjection to the Act and be given a reasonable time to seek habeas relief. Challenges to detention must be pursued in the federal judicial district where the detainee is located.

Trump hailed the ruling, stating it upholds the rule of law and allows the President to secure borders. The ruling was dissented by the court’s three liberal justices and Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett.