- THE MORAL DEBATE
Xenotransplantation and pig hearts, the answers to ethical doubts
- Life and Bioethics
- 14-01-2022
The world witnessed the first pig heart transplant in Maryland last week, but is it legitimate to put an animal heart in a person? It is, if certain conditions are respected. In fact, not all animal organs are morally transplantable because, in addition to the possible negative side effects, there is the identity of the person to be considered. The Magisterium comes to our aid on the subject.