(This is speculative fiction and nothing more. Or is it?)
(This is speculative fiction and nothing more. Or is it?)
May 28, 2035
A brief
report from the Federal Reproduction Advancement Group.
How it’s
working:
Since the
inception five years ago of this highly-praised program, all children have
become planned products. Most are now produced exo utero, monitored by the Federal
Reproduction Advancement Group, or FRAG. Parents may visit from time to time.
Typically though, they arrive when informed their product has reached
gestational completion. All products are sent home for a probationary period.
The parent/parents retrieve vital information by scanning the product’s arm. A microchip
transmits information to an app set up by FRAG.
With
approved permission, a product may be conceived naturally, or by independent
methods, and grown in utero. The monitoring occurs via the mother’s (or in some
cases, the father’s) microchip. At any time, a non-viable product may be
expelled by FRAG. The parent/parents will receive no notice or report
concerning the decision to terminate. The pregnancy will appear to end by natural
selection, and the parent/parents will not be informed otherwise. Overall,
parents are accepting of this procedure and do not question the product’s end.
Careful
selection of the embryo followed by lab-gestation provides parents the freedom
to choose male or female, or gender-neutral, eye and hair color, skin tone,
general physique, athletic propensity, as well as advanced cognitive aptitude
probability. Of course, no guarantee is made that a high-brain will be
produced, but parents are finding the success rate increasingly satisfactory.
Biogenetics and technological enhancement offer prime outcome for exo utero production, thus lowering the termination rate substantially.
A product
may begin with numerous parents chosen either by the primary parent/parents, or
by FRAG. All products are thoroughly reviewed for quality and optimum
development and may be recalled during the three-month probationary period.
After such time, if parents wish to continue, they must sign a waiver releasing
the government from future product failure.
General
statistics:
Production to date, both
successful and terminated: 3,433,148.
Five-year production cap: 4,000,000.
Exo utero production: 2,992,467/product
termination: 4,342
In utero production: 440,681/product
termination: 42,592
Probationary recall post exo utero: 417
Probationary recall post in utero: 8,643
Projected results and overall conclusion:
The methods
set forth by FRAG provide consistency in product quality while allowing parents
choices in both production and participation. Staying well under the
established five-year production cap indicates cooperation of parents and
society in general with the government’s population control initiative. Statistically,
the preferred method is exo utero production. As well, the success rate is
higher, confirming FRAG’s ability to provide superior quality control by moving
gestation out of the uterus and into the laboratory.
With only a
small population of in utero products surviving past the probationary period, a
government panel has determined a significant decrease in projected long-term
assistance programs for under optimum citizens. Older children and adults
classified as in utero products may be reclassified as under optimum unless
meeting certain criteria. Programs will remain available to meet their special
needs.
With a
decrease in overall population and an increase in quality production, all citizens
can expect a future with less burden on government and greater freedom to enjoy
excellence, promote proper values, and live without fear of the unplanned as we
all work together to produce the next generation.
This report
is brought to you by the Federal Reproduction Advancement Group.
May 28, 2035
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