In what way can I increase the likelihood of miscarriages across a species?

Exowombs have become feasible from a technological standpoint. A number of trials conducted on animal embryos have proven successful, and talk has been made about how this can be beneficial for humanity. Talk has been floating around on how this technology can benefit humanity, and whether it should be mass produced.

However, smooth introduction of this technology will not be as simple as that. Abortion is a hot topic, and will always be, even without the religious aspect. Any tests revolving around artificial wombs would essentially be experiements. These exowombs would require thousands of human embryos for early trials. Disregarding renegade actors, no ethics board will likely condone this. There are so many risks, medically and morally, that people would riot in the streets and many politicians would avoid touching it with a ten foot pole.

To fast-track this, there needs to be some shift in childbirth rates that affected us as a species. This would force artificial wombs to become the only solution. Leaders would introduce it as a necessary evil at first. As time goes on, it would become normalized in society.

To accomplish this, I need to design this concept around a crisis that raises the possibility of miscarriages, to the point where a child surviving normal childbirth would be rare. This would affect the developing child specifically, instead of the parent dying. At first, I considered some kind of virus or plague. The problem is that this would likely mutate into something that kills large amounts of people, which is not what I want.

Hoe can I make this possible?

posted over 4 years ago

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