Well, I'm not a medical professional by any stretch, so I can't weigh in on the physical or hormonal risks/benefits to having or not having uterus. But I think a woman is a woman regardless of what body parts she has. Is a trans woman not a woman? What about a woman born without a uterus? Who gets to decide what's a "real" woman? The gender police?

I reject any model that suggests our gender is tied to either our reproductive capabilities or our specific body parts. Don't ask me to define what gender *is* - I leave that to folks far smarter than I. But I am certain, at least, that gender is more than the sum of any set of parts. It's a gestalt - always greater than/beyond its components. In my book, a woman (of any age) without a uterus is a woman. Who happens not to have a uterus. Just like some other women may not have tonsils, or appendixes, or breasts.