Is that enough though? Women change their entire bodies, sacrifice years of their lives, and go through considerable stress to have a baby. And at the end, the benefits of that ordeal are not clear.

Society would need to offer something to offset all those costs.

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m_fayer 44 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

We need a whole new generation of fertility medicine aimed not just at conception but the rest of it as well.

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bluescrn an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

'The benefits of continuing the existence of the species are not clear'

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none2585 an hour ago | parent [-]

Unironically why care if this species continues?

	▲	pixl97 25 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Because it will be very messy and involve a lot of suffering if unmanaged. The population just doesn't disappear, it can pretty quickly shrink in just a generation or two leaving huge amounts of infrastructure unmaintained and falling apart with huge amounts of debt that will ensure what remains of society ends up in chaos. That and the most likely part of the population to shrink is the ones we consider more stable and rational. Cults and religious breeding groups will increasing become the majority of the population leading to some 'interesting fun times'.