bruce, How will they decide who has the pay the alimony and child-support if the couples break up if no male is involved???
On May 4, 5:00 pm, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: > DISAPPEARANCE > Philip Wylie (1978) > At four minutes and 52 seconds past four one afternoon, the world shatters > into two parallel universes as men vanish from women and women from men. > With families and loved ones separated from one another, life continues very > differently as an explosion of violence sweeps one world while stability and > peace break down in the > other.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-prospect-of-allfemale-c... > The > prospect of all-female conception > > By Steve Connor, Science Editor > > Friday, 13 April 2007 > > Women might soon be able to produce sperm in a development that could allow > lesbian couples to have their own biological daughters, according to a > pioneering study published today. > Scientists are seeking ethical permission to produce synthetic sperm cells > from a woman's bone marrow tissue after showing that it possible to produce > rudimentary sperm cells from male bone-marrow tissue. > The researchers said they had already produced early sperm cells from > bone-marrow tissue taken from men. They believe the findings show that it > may be possible to restore fertility to men who cannot naturally produce > their own sperm. > But the results also raise the prospect of being able to take bone-marrow > tissue from women and coaxing the stem cells within the female tissue to > develop into sperm cells, said Professor Karim Nayernia of the University of > Newcastle upon Tyne. > Creating sperm from women would mean they would only be able to produce > daughters because the Y chromosome of male sperm would still be needed to > produce sons. The latest research brings the prospect of female-only > conception a step closer. > "Theoretically is it possible," Professor Nayernia said. "The problem is > whether the sperm cells are functional or not. I don't think there is an > ethical barrier, so long as it's safe. We are in the process of applying for > ethical approval. We are preparing now to apply to use the existing bone > marrow stem cell bank here in Newcastle. We need permission from the patient > who supplied the bone marrow, the ethics committee and the hospital itself." > If sperm cells can be developed from female bone-marrow tissue they will be > matured in the laboratory and tested for their ability to penetrate the > outer "shell" of a hamster's egg - a standard fertility test for sperm. > "We want to test the functionality of any male and female sperm that is made > by this way," Professor Nayernia said. But he said there was no intention at > this stage to produce female sperm that would be used to fertilise a human > egg, a move that would require the approval of the Human Fertilisation and > Embryology Authority. > The immediate aim is to see if female bone marrow can be lured into > developing into the stem cells that can make sperm cells. The ultimate aim > is to discover if these secondary stem cells can then be made into other > useful tissues of the body, he said. > The latest findings, published in the journal Reproduction: Gamete Biology, > show that male bone marrow can be used to make the early "spermatagonial" > stem cells that normally mature into fully developed sperm cells. > "Our next goal is to see if we can get the spermatagonial stem cells to > progress to mature sperm in the laboratory and this should take around three > to five years of experiments," Professor Nayernia said. > Last year, Professor Nayernia led scientists at the University of Gottingen > in Germany who became the first to produce viable artificial sperm from > mouse embryonic stem cells, which were used to produce seven live offspring. > His latest work on stem cells derived from human bone marrow suggests that > it could be possible to develop the techniques to help men who cannot > produce their own sperm naturally. > "We're very excited about this discovery, particularly as our earlier work > in mice suggests that we could develop this work even further," Professor > Nayernia said. > Whether the scientists will ever be able to develop the techniques to help > real patients - male or female - will depend on future legislation that the > Government is preparing as a replacement to the existing Human Fertilisation > and Embryology Act. > A White Paper on genetics suggested that artificial gametes produced from > the ordinary "somatic" tissue of the body may be banned from being used to > fertilise human eggs by in vitro fertilisation. > *Making babies without men - a literary view* > *LYSISTRATA* > *Aristophanes (c. 411BC)* > After 21 years of war, the women of Athens, led by Lysistrata, take matters > into their own hands. Lysistrata suggests every wife and mistress should > refuse all sexual favours until peacetime. Before long it proves effective, > peace is concluded and the play ends with festivities. > *HERLAND* > *Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1914)* > On the eve of the First World War, an isolated society entirely comprising > Aryan women is discovered by three male explorers. The women reproduce > asexually and live in an ideal society without war and domination. This > feminist utopia is a 20th-century vehicle for Gilman's then-unconventional > views of male and female behaviour, motherhood, individuality, and > sexuality. It is said to be based on Gilman's version of utopia through > Aryan separatism. > *DISAPPEARANCE* > *Philip Wylie (1978)* > At four minutes and 52 seconds past four one afternoon, the world shatters > into two parallel universes as men vanish from women and women from men. > With families and loved ones separated from one another, life continues very > differently as an explosion of violence sweeps one world while stability and > peace break down in the other. > *THE CLEFT * > *Doris Lessing (2007)* > In her novel, which has made this year's International Man Booker shortlist, > Lessing portrays a group of near-amphibious women who have no need of men, > known as Squirts, as they are impregnated by the wind, wave or moon. But > this is no feminist utopia: the women behave brutally, mutilating male > babies before placing them on a rock for eagles to devour. The eagles turn > out to be the men's allies, transporting the babies to the forest where they > are suckled by does. Lessing reveals she was inspired by a scientific claim > that "the primal human stock was probably female, and that males came along > later, as a kind of cosmic afterthought". > > <http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i305.photobucket.com/al...> > *Martina McBride Broken Wing*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RTX6DxJ5G8 > > [image: Go to fullsize image] > > *NOT!!! > * > [image: A New World BEFORE 2012 is POSSIBLE - SEE HOW!!!] > ** > ** > *Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned!!!* > ** > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaLfDnShEn0&feature=related> > <http://www.pattillmanfoundation.org/>**** > [image: Channel Icon] > > __._,_.___ > Messages in this topic > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/v911t/message/48620;_ylc=X3oDMTM3dTRpNG...>( > 1) Reply (via web post) > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/v911t/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJyaHVlcm41BF9TAzk...>| > Start > a new topic > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/v911t/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmMjNmaXRqBF9TAzk...> > Messages<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/v911t/messages;_ylc=X3oDMTJmaWtxOWRhBF9...>| > Files<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/v911t/files;_ylc=X3oDMTJna2Eza3U3BF9TAz...>| > Photos<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/v911t/photos;_ylc=X3oDMTJmMm5ybTNsBF9TA...>| > Links<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/v911t/links;_ylc=X3oDMTJnaXM2NWIzBF9TAz...>| > Polls<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/v911t/polls;_ylc=X3oDMTJnZWxwdWNpBF9TAz...>| > Calendar<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/v911t/calendar;_ylc=X3oDMTJlcHNsdGNvBF9...> > [image: Yahoo! > Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlcmhlYWc0BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycEl...> > Change settings via the > Web<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/v911t/join;_ylc=X3oDMTJnMXZnNWJvBF9TAzk...>(Yahoo! > ID required) > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily > Digest<[email protected]?subject=email+delivery:+Digest>| > Switch > format to > Traditional<[email protected]?subject=change+delivery+format:+Traditional> > Visit Your Group > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/v911t;_ylc=X3oDMTJldmE2bGo1BF9TAzk3NDc2...>| > Yahoo! > Groups Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> | Unsubscribe > <[email protected]?subject=> > Recent Activity > > - 1 > New > ... > > read more » --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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