• @wabafee
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    520 days ago

    Basically face hugger reproduction from the Alien franchise?

    • @WoodScientist
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      1420 days ago

      Essentially yes. Again, we all start as parasites. A uterus primarily is just a way for pregnancy to be survivable. But in theory it is perfectly doable in males.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_pregnancy#Ectopic_implant

      As that article notes, pioneers in reproductive healthcare have even commented that it would likely be possible. We just don’t do it because it’s medically unconscionable to deliberately create an ectopic pregnancy. It goes against the whole, “and first, do no harm” principle. But if we’re throwing ethics to the wind and involuntarily impregnating people we consider already dead anyway, why not do the same to males?