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The paper envisions post-op reproduction as possible: "The chimera would carry the mind of the recipient but, should he or she reproduce, the offspring would ca
by jzwinck 12y ago
The paper envisions post-op reproduction as possible: "The chimera would carry the mind of the recipient but, should he or she reproduce, the offspring would carry the genetic inheritance of the donor."
If the head and the body came from citizens of two different countries, what citizenship would the child have, presuming it is born in a land where citizenship flows from that one parent?
- err4nt 12y agoIt would be the same nationality as the parents Passport
- PhasmaFelis 12y agoAssuming a rational legal decision, as opposed to a pitchforks-and-torches one, I think that legal identity would have to be attached to the mind rather than the body. If the body currently belongs to a recognized citizen, then offspring of the body should be treated as offspring of the citizen, regardless of who may have previously owned it.