If you don't want anyone to have your baby, don't leave a lock of hair lying around! [View all]

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I just heard a story about IVG, its potential to help people have babies and its possible ethical complications.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5033438/

Researchers have been able to find cells anywhere on a mouse's body. In one instance, they used a cell from the end of the tail. They were able to produce healthy mice pups.

On the plus side, older women could have children. Same sex couples could have children from just their cells. A single person could produce a child from just that person's cells.

Ethical implications: more emphasis on designer babies. Someone obtaining hair or something else from a celebrity and using it for the necessary cells. Therefore, people's cells being used for pregnancy without their knowledge or consent.