A different perspective on a man’s pregnancy

This is the controversial article I wrote. A very unhappy student wrote a two page letter to my editor, the newspaper advisor, ant President Clark, stating that by printing this article, we were promoting lesbians, that I should have called this man a woman because that is what he is in Heavenly Father's eyes, and that my editor and I should be fired. It was kinda scary to think that I had made someone so angry by writing about this strange phenomon. Needless to say, this article was politically correct. It was nonbiased and this man is legally a man, if I had said he was a girl, I could actually be sued by him. :-s Scary, huh? So here it is: one of those weird phenomons that you'd never dream of hearing about.

Thomas Beatie, born a female, went through a sex change in which he had chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy. He and his wife, Nancy, decided to have a child together.

Due to severe endometriosis – extreme pelvic pain – Nancy had to undergo a hysterectomy, which is a surgical removal of the uterus through the abdominal wall or vagina, eliminating any chance of bearing children.

Beatie, who still has his female reproductive organs, received a sperm implant and is now about five months pregnant. He and his wife are expecting their baby girl in July, according to http://www.advocate.com/.

This occurrence has brought a lot of positive and negative remarks among neighbors and the community. Some do not believe that he really is pregnant, and Beatie said that his in-laws did not even know he underwent a sex change, according to http://www.advocate.com/.

Many people seem to question the moral issues of a transgender man having a baby.

“All people are born male or female genetically. This person may have had a sex change and appears to be male but in the eternal sense, [they are] still a female,” said Professor Steve Dennis of the Home and Family Department.

Beatie wrote about his thoughts and experiences on www.advocate.com of being a pregnant father.

“I am stable and confident being the man that I am. To Nancy, I am her husband carrying our child – I am so lucky to have such a loving, supportive wife. I will be my daughter’s father, and Nancy will be her mother. We will be a family,” according to http://www.advocate.com/.

Beatie appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss the pregnancy. On the show, the couple called their child a “miracle baby.” Dr. Kimberly James, Beatie’s doctor, said, “This baby’s totally healthy. I consider it an average pregnancy,” according to http://www.oprah.com/.

Whether or not there will be more occurrences like this in the future is uncertain. Some people don’t care whether or not it happens; they just don’t want to know.

“It’s their life, they can do what they want about it, but they don’t need to publicize it so the rest of us have to know about it,” said Kyle Hunt, a sophomore studying general education.

There are many scientific studies that are in progress, however, that may enhance medical technology, producing science experiences that have never been thought possible, such as a pregnant man.