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Originally posted by viet_mom
So....if it was safe and possible and you (God Forbid) lost your child at a young age, and all you had to do was provide some hair and other DNA stuff and it could be substituted into an ovum and implanted, would you do it? Would you produce the same child you lost? Heavy thoughts for the weekend!
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No. What a fucked up concept.
You owe it to your child to grieve for them. You can't substitute another child that's almost exactly like the first(!). That's taking the easy way out. Mourn your child. Remember who they were. Keep a space in your heart for that child always. Trying to fill that spot with a ready-made replacement strikes me as selfish and stupid.
And the fact is, that child is gone. You're not doing the dead child any favors by cloning them. It's not like you're bringing them back. You're not even giving them a chance at life. You're bringing a whole new child into the world, identical DNA or not. The new child with have different experiences, thoughts and connections to people. So, you might as well just have another child.
Thinking about your children as fungible loving units, that should be replaced with a new one if lost, seems sick to me. Interesting topic, but sick.
TM
