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That is no longer the case. With current reproductive
technology there are at least two biological meanings of "mother" and
will soon be a third. A gestational mother is the woman in whose womb a fetus
was incubated. An egg mother is the woman whose fertilized egg became the
fetus. Once human cloning becomes an established technology, a mitochondrial
mother will be the woman whose egg, with its nucleus replaced by the nucleus of
the clone donor but with its own extra-nuclear mitochondrial DNA, developed
into the fetus. And once genetic engineering becomes a mature technology,
permitting us to produce offspring whose DNA is a patchwork from multiple
donors, the concept of "a" biological mother (or father) will be very
nearly meaningless.
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[Sat Mar 6 00:52:21 PST 2004-65] Leopold (NOSPAMleopold_the_cat@yahoo.com.NOSPAM):
This is incorrect again. The concept of a parent or a spouse is a concept of the law. The courts will define it - you can call it meaningless all you want but if the court says you pay the alimony, you'll pay the alimony.
[Wed Apr 21 08:31:16 PDT 2004-111] WKDecker (NOSPAMwkdecker89@Yahoo.com.NOSPAM):
There are currently three possible meanings of "mother" : the source of the egg, the womb that incubates it and the woman who actually raises the child. Consider the case of a woman who is no longer able to produce eggs, who obtains an egg from
another woman, perhaps a relative. Both die as a result of a wreck, but not until the viable fetus is rescued and raised by some other woman.
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