Ethics

Sperm from Bone Marrow?

By Ed Brayton

Here's an interesting story with lots of political and religious implications.

British scientists are ready to turn female bone marrow into sperm, cutting men out of the process of creating life.

The breakthrough paves the way for lesbian couples to have children that are biologically their own.

Gay men could follow suit by using the technique to make eggs from male bone marrow.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on February 08, 2008 (boomark / email).