Albert Mohler: The Disappearing Father
Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Is the notion of fatherhood becoming obsolete? Researchers at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in Great Britain say they are on the verge of creating sperm cells from bone marrow. This would allow women to conceive children completely without men.

In essence, this technological development would render men obsolete and completely unnecessary in the process of breeding babies. This is the ultimate feminist and lesbian dream -- men completely out of the picture.

This technology may never actually emerge from the laboratory, though there is no real reason to believe that it is impossible. The British researchers are continuing their work and claim that the experiments are ethical "so long as it's safe."

Meanwhile, Kay S. Hymowitz argues that an existing technology, widely used in the United States, is already redefining the family -- artificial insemination (or "AI"). the rest