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Being able to reproduce without needing functional male/female sex organs, using only skin cells and technology, is an interesting step. It could theoretically
by lotharbot 17y ago
Being able to reproduce without needing functional male/female sex organs, using only skin cells and technology, is an interesting step. It could theoretically apply to same-sex couples, the elderly, children, or people with various disabilities, injuries, or other forms of infertility.
The same-sex focus of this article (specifically, the "OMG this totally defeats an objection to gay marriage" bit in the intro) is an unnecessary politicizing of an otherwise technologically/biologically interesting concept.
- alexbiz 17y agoVery good point, I wasn't saying it totally defeats all objections to gay marriage, just the specific reproductive argument against it. But I agree, politics does tend to detract from science.
- lotharbot 17y agoIn general, I think people who make the "reproductive" argument mean "natural biological reproduction".