[extropy-chat] 22nd century

[Spike]

> Damien Broderick
> 
> Spontaneous abortion of foetuses more than several months developed
can 
> certainly be shattering, especially when a baby is 
> desperately sought... the failure of an 
> early implanted in vitro conceptus, where so much anxiety and 
> uncomfortable preparation has been expended by the hopeful,
hormone-drenched 
> mother-to-be, and that's almost exactly a counter-instance 
> because of its special and `unnaturally' induced physical prelude.
> 
> Damien Broderick


Speaking as one who has been thru this five times,
Damien may have understated his case.  The medications
women must take to undergo fertility treatments cause
them to focus their entire existence upon procreation.
The emotional impact upon the woman appears to me 
worse than losing an adored grandparent.

spike