Replication (2011)
“Please, God. Help us. Make this right.
Dr. Elliot withdrew the needle and taped a cotton swab over the bead of blood forming on Abby’s inner elbow. He left the room, carrying her blood. The potential for a host of Abbys.
Panic temporarily hit Abby, but she didn’t want Dr. Kane to see that. She wanted to say something that might scare him as much as his actions were scaring her. “You may not like women, Dr. Kane,” she said, as calmly as she could, “but you clearly haven’t thought things through.... Right now, neither gender is dominant. Men and women need each other. God designed it that way.” She paused, doubting God would ever allow her next words to happen, yet said, “But you’re changing all that. Since it’s possible for babies to be cloned from women without the need of a male, men become insignificant to reproduction and expendable. In a hundred years, thanks to your research, women might just take over the world.”
Dr. Kane stared at Abby with a cold expression. “Another reason why women will never work in this lab.”MoreLess
Dr. Elliot withdrew the needle and taped a cotton swab over the bead of blood forming on Abby’s inner elbow. He left the room, carrying her blood. The potential for a host of Abbys.
Panic temporarily hit Abby, but she didn’t want Dr. Kane to see that. She wanted to say something that might scare him as much as his actions were scaring her. “You may not like women, Dr. Kane,” she said, as calmly as she could, “but you clearly haven’t thought things through.... Right now, neither gender is dominant. Men and women need each other. God designed it that way.” She paused, doubting God would ever allow her next words to happen, yet said, “But you’re changing all that. Since it’s possible for babies to be cloned from women without the need of a male, men become insignificant to reproduction and expendable. In a hundred years, thanks to your research, women might just take over the world.”
Dr. Kane stared at Abby with a cold expression. “Another reason why women will never work in this lab.”MoreLess
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