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villager

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1. Who raises these collective "nest babies" growing in detached uterii?

Reply to Xithras (Original post)

Wed Nov 14, 2012, 05:48 PM

Nov 2012

I mean, if their birth mothers don't want them, yet they're preserved and grow into human beings ... who raises them? What "families" do they have?, etc...

Like most dislocations caused by new technology, this will bring up a host of new questions, and plenty society won't really be ready for.

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Could technology make the abortion debate moot? [View all] Xithras Nov 2012 OP

Who raises these collective "nest babies" growing in detached uterii? villager Nov 2012 #1

It will make zero difference to me. lalalu Nov 2012 #2

Does the fetus get the love of some "artificial parents?" immoderate Nov 2012 #3

What happens to all these babies? gollygee Nov 2012 #4

Will the child be able to demand support? drm604 Nov 2012 #5

Make the scientists support them until they turn 18. lalalu Nov 2012 #7

Would this be presented as an actual choice? SheilaT Nov 2012 #6

Other: available if people want it, but not "encouraged" Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #8

The far right believes a zygote is a human but a born child is a Welfare cheat. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #9

Not until the machine overlords start breeding us. bluedigger Nov 2012 #10

Anybody else think we should devote resources to making better birth control options instead? LeftyMom Nov 2012 #11

Don't we have more important things to do? ecstatic Nov 2012 #12