Last Updated on May 2, 2023 by Neelam Singh
Quick Take
An article published on a media website claims that a man has given birth to three children. We fact-checked and found the claim to be False.
The Claim
An article titled ‘“Nothing is impossible”: The World’s First Male Pregnancy and the Birth of His Three Children’ was published on the website Srody.com.
Fact Check
Why the claim is deceptive?
The headline of the article does not give the correct picture of what the article speaks about. This sensationalized headline seems to be a clickbait designed to attract attention and to entice users to follow that link and read the deceptive, sensationalized, and misleading contents of the article to increase the readership and traffic on the website.
The article discusses a person named Thomas Beatie who has received media attention for the claim to be a pregnant man. From the article, we got to know that Beatie is a transgender person who was female at birth but had undergone hormone therapy and chest reconstruction surgery. However, Beatie did not have genital reconstruction surgery and retained his female reproductive organs, which allowed him to become pregnant. Sensationalized headlines or unverified information can cause confusion about sensitive medical procedures among the public.
Why is this article medically inaccurate?
The claim of the world’s first male pregnancy and birth of three children is medically deceptive as male pregnancy is not possible with current medical technology. The heading is likely to be designed to attract attention. While medical science has made significant strides in assisted reproduction, such as surrogacy and in vitro fertilization, male pregnancy is not a medically recognized phenomenon.
Biologically, only people who have a uterus and ovaries can get pregnant. The idea of male pregnancy is not currently possible in reality. While medical science has advanced significantly in the areas of fertility treatments and transgender medicine, male pregnancy is not yet possible.
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