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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Good for them.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

So this is not an embryo with DNA from both female parents, right? It was not.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, it was standard IVF by a sperm downer, the historic first referenced in the title is that they are the first married lesbian couple in South Korea to birth a child.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s probably a typo but I can’t stop imagining what a sperm downer would be.

Someone who hates sperm? Someone who brings down others with sperm? An slur for a lesbian? Someone who can’t stop guzzling cum? Someone with Down syndrome who can’t stop cumming?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

When you get jizz in your eye, it's a real sperm downer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I've clearly been reading too much Sci-fi. That's exactly where my brain went.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whatever Korean is for Mazel Tov, I wish them that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Mazel Tov

According to Google Translate, it's 축하합니다

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm confused why is this historic I'm positive this has happened before. Why would the sexual orientation have anything to do with whether or not IVF would work.

I don't get it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The article isn't about a scientific advancement, but a discussion of the limits on human rights in South Korea. "While South Korea has not yet legalised same-sex marriage, and sperm banks in the country are only accessible to heterosexual married couples, the pair were able to tie the knot in New York in 2019, and receive IVF treatment in Europe."

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