Scientists say male pregnancy is no longer an impossibility with the rapid technological evolution our modern world is experiencing today. But when brilliant minds finally make this dream a reality, will our society be morally ready to be on board?
Majority if not all of the women who has ever been pregnant would definitely want to send their male partners through the same experience. Women would love their male counterparts to save them from nausea, fatigue, weight gain and of course, the unimaginable pain of pushing something as big as a watermelon straight out of their vagina.
It is no longer surprising to learn that an internet homosexual subculture who fantasize about getting impregnated exists. They call themselves "mpregs". Alternet adds that some male-to-female transgendered people simply want to fulfill the strong calling of motherhood.
Male pregnancy has been a prominent subject of pop culture, portrayed in many horrific or comic ways. The prevalent culture somehow reflects society's philosophy and overall attitude towards the idea of male pregnancy. That is, the idea is simply absurd, impossible and terrifying.
Scientifically speaking, though, human male pregnancy is no longer a fiction. Director of University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine Dr. Karin Chung tells Yahoo! News that male pregnancy might become a reality in 10 years or even sooner.
Conceiving for the male human species became a tangible possibility following successful uterus transplants. The procedure was originally engineered to cure women suffering from uterine factor infertility (UFI). One successful uterus transplant in Sweden even resulted in five pregnancies and four live births.
Studies now explore a possibility, which when seriously thought of, makes perfect sense. If a child-bearing womb could be successfully transferred to a woman with a damaged uterus, then the same thing could be done for men who wish to bear children.
Along the possibility comes a million dollar question. Are we ready for male pregnancy?
