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Earthworm · @earthworm

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As long as there are humans, there will be pregnancy and natural childbirth.

I have you three scenarios:
1) dystopic tech future (=cloning, in-vitro etc):
What the sci-fi novels get always wrong is the fact that you need legions of exploited workers to sustain the shiny tech-worlds. The current fertility industry exists because our societies put the individual realisation of ideological purposes ("you need to raise kids with your own DNA") over the fulfilment of basic needs of everyone.
Therefore: just look in the slums. (Yes, I am aware that infertility is imcreasing at an alarming pace, because governments do shit to regulate the chemical industry)

2) End of the civilization (probable candidate: climate change):
Don't worry. Our fragile high-tech logistic chains will be among the first to fall. Rural, indigenous communities around the globe will suffer too, but somebody, somewhere will still be sitting around a campfire, share their meals, and yes: bring children into this world.

3) Solarpunk: positive utopia scenario (we get our shit together and change serious stuff to avoid collapse).
People of many different gender (probably still mostly women, but maybe this stuff is then less important) that have the biological possibility to become pregnant will do so. Some people won't be able to have kids on their own. But as this is not anymore the most important thing because there are more options to live a fulfilled live. Many kids will be raised rather collectively, but probably with a few adults of reference.
As natural childbirth has many benefits for the children, but modern medicine is great for emergency situations, there will be mixed approaches, according to the mother's informed choice.

:ecoanarchism_heart:

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