Same-sex partners could be biological parents to their kids... Soon

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With a new process called in vitro gametogenesis, or IVG, two same-sex partners could be biologically related to one baby. With IVG, scientists can use stem cells to create reproductively viable gametes, i.e. eggs and sperm that are capable of creating offspring. Though it's only been tested in mice, a recent article in the Journal of Law and the Biosciences suggests that IVG, should it eventually prove successful in humans, would allow same-sex couples to have children who are biologically related to both of them.
IVG could also help other people struggling to start families, from single people who don't want to source gametes from unknown donors, to heterosexual couples struggling with infertility, to postmenopausal women who still wish to bear children.
http://mic.com/articles/131086/a-ma...e-biological-parents-to-their-kids#.85sQBAvKx

Sounds interesting, but what about legal challenges? Most countries recognize one father and one mother.
 
Plazma Inferno! said:
With a new process called in vitro gametogenesis, or IVG, two same-sex partners could be biologically related to one baby. With IVG, scientists can use stem cells to create reproductively viable gametes, i.e. eggs and sperm that are capable of creating offspring. Though it's only been tested in mice, a recent article in the Journal of Law and the Biosciences suggests that IVG, should it eventually prove successful in humans, would allow same-sex couples to have children who are biologically related to both of them.
IVG could also help other people struggling to start families, from single people who don't want to source gametes from unknown donors, to heterosexual couples struggling with infertility, to postmenopausal women who still wish to bear children.
http://mic.com/articles/131086/a-ma...e-biological-parents-to-their-kids#.85sQBAvKx

Sounds interesting, but what about legal challenges? Most countries recognize one father and one mother.
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Lots of ethics questions. What happens if something goes wrong at 1-year post birth?
 
It would probably be easier for two women to have a child than for two men, because they'd not need to find a surrogate ovum to implant both gamete's DNA in, or a(nother?) surrogate to gestate the foetus for them.

But that's simply an issue of physical practicality and shouldn't be used to make any "value" judgements.
 
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