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Of course it's not a "man" having a baby; it's a transgendered male having a baby. Technically speaking, it's a female reproducing. Gender-wise, he's a man.
This is about the difference between sex and gender.
The media can have its fun with it, but look at the heart of the issue.
He identifies himself as a man, so it's a man having the baby. The pregnancy and birthing will only be one part of having this child.
The child will know him as a man.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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