Infertility

Lee," as well as the "ultrasound video" of the fetus, are simply animated GIF images.

They look precisely the same from one day to the next.

I.e., it's fake from top to bottom.

But is it plausible?

Not very.

Some scientists have argued that a male pregnancy is theoretically possible, but in reality the procedure would be so dangerous that the risks would outweigh any possible benefits.

Essentially what it would require would be inducing an ectopic pregnancy — wherein an embryo is implanted somewhere other than the uterus — in a male subject.

In women such pregnancies are considered so hazardous (the number one cause of first-trimester deaths) that they're almost always terminated soon after diagnosis.

Even if such a condition could be artificially induced in a male, the subject would run a greater and greater risk of hemorrhaging to death as the pregnancy proceeded.

I.e., it's implausible.

But is it art?

Well, sure — if only in the sense that it's an elaborately constructed farce credited to two established artists.

But there's nothing particularly original or groundbreaking here.

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