Pregnant Man - Human Against Nature

Pregnant Man - Human Against Nature

For nearly four decades, Bhagat carried the body of his twin.

One doctor recalled that day in the operating room. “He just put his hand inside and he said there are a lot of bones inside,” she said. “First, one limb came out, then another limb came out. Then some part of genitalia, then some part of hair, some limbs, jaws, limbs, hair.“

Inside Bhagat’s stomach was a strange, half-formed creature that had feet and hands that were very developed. Its fingernails were quite long. (abcenews)

 

In the years since the first “test tube baby” was born in 1978, physicians and scientists from RYT Hospital have been working to develop a viable technique for the successful impregnation of male individuals. Illustrated to the right is a recent radiographic image of Mr. Lee, the first human subject to attempt this procedure, which shows the healthy fetus developing in his abdominal cavity.

 

As an artist who has had solo exhibitions at The Whitney Museum of American Art and The Cleveland Museum of Art, Lee Mingwei explores the evanescent & diurnal cycles of living. His work is based on such basic human activities as cooking, letterwriting, and now child-bearing.
(malepregnancy.com)