Posted on 05/22/2006 2:29:21 AM PDT by beaversmom
Two women create a baby!!!!
Watch out! Here's some news for all those people who have it stuck in their mind that if there were only females left on earth they would not survive because they could not reproduce without sperm. Your going to have to come up with another reason two women shouldn't be together.
"Scientists have created mice pups from two female mice. No male mice or sperm were involved. The offspring were all female. How did this happen and will humans soon have the option to create babies without men?
Parthenogenesis, or virgin birth, is defined as reproduction without fertilization. It occurs naturally in some plant and insect species. It does not occur naturally in mammals, but like many other procedures of our day, it can now occur with the assistance of scientists.
In April 2004, Japanese scientists announced they created the first mammal by combining the nucleus of one female’s egg with that of another. The female offspring survived to adulthood and now has babies of her own. They call her Kaguya, after a Japanese fairy tale.
Kaguya Has Two Mommies
While this is a scientific breakthrough, the process has not been perfected yet. It took 460 tries at growing embryos this way. And of the ten live mice born in the surviving mouse’s litter, she is the only one to survive to adulthood. "
Still a little more research to put into the project but it's one hell of a good start.
Resource = http://lesbianlife.about.com/cs/families/a/Parthenogenesis.htm
Here are the comments that followed:
That's amazing!! It'll make things so much better for lesbian couples wanting families of their own! But yes, it does have a long way to go. Keep us posted!
GloriaFe: Progressive's Sex Blogger gloriafe – Sat, 05/13/2006 – 2:18pm reply
That's almost creepy.
sheeponabandwagon – Sat, 05/13/2006 – 4:24pm reply
Yeah well, most people fear what they don't really know.
RxChick – Sat, 05/13/2006 – 7:44pm reply
I think this is a really neat article!
Adrienne Aidryane – Sat, 05/13/2006 – 7:51pm reply
What is a woman is born with what looks like 2 overies but one is actually a testicle?? I've heard that we've all got overies at first and they become testicles if they drop?? anyone else heard of this..? Then it would be possible for a woman to get another woman pregnant like that too?
RxChick – Fri, 05/19/2006 – 2:51pm reply
we will spend the rest of our lives "Trying" Can't hurt to try anyway.... every night... LOL
RxChick – Fri, 05/19/2006 – 7:55pm reply
That is... ridiculously cool! It's a little pointless because I'm sure that many women enjoy the presence of men (and men generally enjoy existing), but it's cool.
Cerhiunnhn – Sat, 05/20/2006 – 12:07pm reply
Ping
Regarding this article:
More Women Not Waiting for Mr. Right:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1635950/posts
These women in the blog entry I'm posting, are
hoping for a day when they don't even have to
use sperm at all.
I dont have time to get into all this crap but I am thinking, a world of Oprahs and Dixie Chicks....is this a good thing????
Also, something wrong with this blogger that she thinks two female mice are two women.
Yes, because sperm is such a rare commodity, I mean, gee, where do you even find the stuff?
So who is going to take the trash out???
"they created the first mammal by combining the nucleus of one female’s egg with that of another."
Unless this 'position' is hidden in the Kama Sutra somewhere, two chicks still ain't gonna be makin' no babies *alone*.
Get a UV light.
You'd be surprised....;D
To put the thread back on course --
I am deeply disturbed by the moral implications for the family and blah, blah, blah...this is the end of humanity as we know it and so on and so forth...blah, blah, blah...
I'm still giggling over the mouse=woman part.
Don't sidetrack me with 'this is the doom of the humanity' blah blah blah stuff....:))
I'm still horrified at the prospect of taking a UV light around NYC -- crosstown bus, Seventh Avenue subway, etc. etc.
There's probably some benefit beyond reproducing mammals. Who knows?
However, the human race is in no danger of become sexless...I can pretty much assure you of that...
"So who is going to take the trash out???"
And plunger out the toilet when it gets stopped up (by things that ought not to have been flushed in the first place)?
But what about a liberal lesbian vegetarian PETA member. Where would her loyalties be? Now that would be a dilemma.
And sort of nauseating, really.
These are the thinkers attending "Progressive U".
And plunger out the toilet when it gets stopped up (by things that ought not to have been flushed in the first place)?
And open jars with tight lids on them and get those things we need that are up on high shelves?
We have medical marijuana for just an emergency...
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