I remember a science fiction short story published in OMNI magazine that considered the implications of deciding that the ova was the actual seat of life and the soul. It couldn’t be sperm, because millions were discarded in every successful conception.
The end result was that menstruation itself was criminalized, so that evidence of menstruation had to be accompanied by evidence that all possible measures were taken to get pregnant.
Sometimes I hate it when science fiction turns out to be a prediction.
I remember a science fiction short story published in OMNI magazine that considered the implications of deciding that the ova was the actual seat of life and the soul. It couldn’t be sperm, because millions were discarded in every successful conception.
The end result was that menstruation itself was criminalized, so that evidence of menstruation had to be accompanied by evidence that all possible measures were taken to get pregnant.
Sometimes I hate it when science fiction turns out to be a prediction.
Do you happen to remember the name of the story?
I almost didn’t post because I knew someone would ask.
Sorry, no I don’t remember. I started going through an index to see if something jumped out, but nothing did.