That bonehead Bill O’Reilly made fun of Thomas Beattie for having a baby since his wife can’t.
Keith Olbermann called O’Reilly one of the “worst persons in the world” for doing so.
Olbermann 1, O’Reilly 0.
For those of you who are confused by the whole “pregnant man” story, here’s the nutshell: female-bodied person needed to change gender due to internal sense of gender role. Took testosterone, had breasts removed, was legally declared male on important documents. Did not have full hysterectomy. His wife, Nancy, unable to have a baby due to her own gyn stuff, opted to impregnate her husband via artificial insemination, who went off testosterone two years ago in order to be able to do so.
So that’s it. It’s not complicated, it’s not disgusting. It’s just a man who, with his wife, wanted to have their own child, and had the plumbing to do so. End of story. If any other husband could, and did, we’d all be talking about how brave & selfless he was, but because this particular man was born female at birth, people are freaking out. No need. Choice is the gig, and stuff like this is going to keep happening — baby, we ain’t seen nothing yet.
While I’m here, can we toss the phrase “artificial insemination”? It’s silly. You sure can end up pregnant, & there’s real sperm involved and a real egg. So how about “technologically assisted insemination”? “Manual insemination”? Something better than “artificial.” That makes it sounds like people are getting pregnant with robots or extras from Steven Spielberg movies.
“If any other husband could, and did, we’d all be talking about how brave & selfless he was”
Actually, I think a lot of people – particularly the ones bewailing Beattie – would hurl filth at any other man, too. He’d still be bending gender, after all, and that’s what really counts – not love or commitment to his wife and his child.
Wish I could say to all the naysayers, “Millions of kids are going to be born this who, unlike the Beatties’ child, DON’T have two loving, committed parents. You doing anything on behalf of them? No? Then STFU!”