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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Triton: [QB] [i]Artificial insemination[/i]? I don't follow you Jason. Which one of these blokes had ovaries that needed to be fertilized without the sex act? Are you talking about a child being created from two same sex partners and male pregnancy? To do that a woman would need to donate an egg and the chromosomes in this egg would need to be replaced with the chromosomes found in a sperm cell of one of the partners. This procedure would have to happen in a lab, and invitro fertilization techniques (test tube baby) would need to be used. So I guess it would be Sulu who would to have the embryo transplanted into his body and carry it toterm. After nine months, baby Demora would be delivered by Caesarian section. I know that your post was a joke. But the idea does not seem as far-fetched as it first appears, its a logical outcome of the genetic engineering, cloning and fertility research currently being performed, and I am really surprised that the idea hasn't shown up yet in a Trek episode. Although such appearance of this idea, like same sex marriages, would be met with some controversy. By the way, artificial insemination or AI, is a way to cause pregnancy without having a male on hand. It is a technique commonly used on farms to breed cattle. I believe that it used on a limited basis to breed swine and horses. Semen is collected from the male, it is placed in glass vials called ampules, and then placed into a tank of liquid nitrogen to slow the cells down and keep them alive. When pregnancy is desired, the semen is "thawed", then introduced into the female using a syringe-like device. What makes it pretty cool is that children can be produced from a father years after he is dead, and it allows farmers and ranchers to create herds of animals with genetic diversity and eliminate inbreeding problems. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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