Who Is The Mother?

[charles brough]

Of course, the point is that Jane is not the mother but the grandmother of the baby. So, in that sense, the baby has no mother at all!

[CraigD]

Originally Posted by charles brough

Of course, the point is that Jane is not the mother but the grandmother of the baby. So, in that sense, the baby has no mother at all!

Or, we could say the baby was orphaned from her mother prior to her conception.

I’m still trying to work out how you would get viable ova from an aborted fetus. If it was late term, I suppose you’d have to somehow subject the extracted, immature ova to an “artificial puberty” treatment. If early, there’d be no recognizable ova to extract.

Perhaps it would be easier to clone the aborted fetus, gestate, deliver, and raise the woman to maturity.

The weirdness of these speculations sheds light on why so many nations have banned human cloning – the ethical and legal questions are as daunting as the technical ones. Looking back on the first post,

Originally Posted by charles brough

Jane's female fetus has aborted and it is decided she can never become pregnant again.

I suspect we’re leading ourselves on an implausible chase – how plausible is it that Jane, despite being rendered unable to become pregnant, would go to the considerable trouble and perversity of extracting and rendering viable ova from her aborted fetus, when she almost certainly has plenty of viable ova of her own? Examined realistically, her case doesn’t seem unusual for present-day IVF candidate.

[charles brough]

Originally Posted by LJP07

I don't really see a complication here myself?? The actual Biological Mother whether it be Mother or direct Grandmother if the eggs came from the Fetus of one person, then they are obviously the real mother?? The direct mother will still have the same fetal cells and these do not change in the surrogate mother thus the mother will always be the same, I don't get the idea here myself, and don't see the complication.

Well, perhaps not having a mother might be considered a complication. If your grandmother is your mother, that might be a complication to some people!

[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by charles brough

Well, perhaps not having a mother might be considered a complication. If your grandmother is your mother, that might be a complication to some people!

Not if you're a Mormon.

[charles brough]

Originally Posted by InfiniteNow

Not if you're a Mormon.

Tell me about it! What next is it that those crazy Mormons believe. I have been told they believe "God" is only the god of THIS planet and that other planets belong to other gods.

Anyway, are you really a smartsexyape? I like smart sexy apes.