Pregnancy

“The bearing of a child takes nine months, no matter how many women are assigned.”

“Techniques that entail the dissociation of husband and wife, by the intrusion of a person other than the couple (donation of sperm or ovum, surrogate uterus), are gravely immoral.”

“Pregnancy seemed like a tremendous abdication of control. Something growing inside you which would eventually usurp your life.”

“A significant number of the respondents were under misapprehensions as to what caused the loss of the pregnancy. Three-quarters believed that a stressful event could bring about a miscarriage, 64% thought that lifting a heavy object could be a cause, and a fifth that previous use of oral contraceptives could induce pregnancy loss.”