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jeff47

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9. Assuming a C-section for delivery, there isn't anything that prevents a man from carrying a child
Tue Feb 21, 2012, 02:55 PM
Feb 2012

There's a very rare form of ectopic pregnancy where the fertilized egg goes completely the wrong way and attaches to random tissue outside the uterus/Fallopian tubes. Such babies can develop just fine. The main problem is a C-section is required for the baby to be born. (There's a host of other problems since the uterus is designed to be a good place for the baby to develop, but none of them are insurmountable with modern medicine.)

Theoretically, you could implant a fertilized egg into a man's abdominal region and it would develop into a baby, delivered by c-section.

So saying a man can carry a baby isn't as empty of a threat as some right-wingers might think.

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