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World's First Pregnant Man

posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 07:00 PM

photographed in a traditionally male role: cutting the grass

Thomas Beatie, 34 - who was in fact born a woman and called Tracy - had a sex change 10 years ago which removed his breasts, allowed him to grow a beard and legally change his gender. But he kept his female sex organs because he always wanted a child, arguing it was his "right to have a biological child".

"I actually opted not to do anything to my reproductive organs because I wanted to have a child one day. "I see pregnancy as a process and it doesn't define who I am," Mr Beatie told Oprah Winfrey earlier on in his pregnancy. "I feel it's not a male or female desire to have a child. It's a human need. I'm a person and I have the right to have a biological child."

He was artificially inseminated by his wife using a baster. It is the couple's second attempt to have children. He became pregnant with triplets two years ago but lost them. The American, who once was a Miss Teen Hawaii finalist and now lives in Oregon, is due to give birth in six weeks.

Sourced from Sky News

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Comments
Servane Mouazan
Sunday, June 01, 2008 06:06 PM

I am surprised by very strong previous comments ! (indeed not very social enterprise, but surely there's a market there... There is a danger with ethics going in one direction only, i think we should open a debate!... interesting

Servane Mouazan
Sunday, June 01, 2008 06:02 PM

I am surprised by very strong comments above! (indeed not very social enterprise, but surely there's a market there... There is a danger with ethics going in one direction only, i think we should open a debate!... interesting

Sadera Kilelu
Saturday, May 31, 2008 11:00 AM

i cannot imagine but ,i think it is not business of any kind.

Peter Ongera
Thursday, May 29, 2008 06:26 AM

I pray and hope that is not Social Enterprise!!!!!

I-Genius Team
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 06:42 AM

...you will surely get burned. This indeed raises questions about social ethics.

David McQueen
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 02:52 PM

I think that when you mess with nature....
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