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Themes labels used: reproductive rights, bodily autonomy, privacy, consent, ethics of science, bioethics, eugenics, discrimination, equity, agency, identity, parenthood, class inequality, government overreach, playing god, fame and privacy, moral ambiguity, selection vs chance, genetic determinism, stalking

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Off Target

Eve Smith · 2022

A desperate would-be mother makes a dangerous genetic choice, then faces the fallout of a near-future bioethics crisis.

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Themes labels: ethics · eugenics · fertility · infertility · motherhood · parental choice · medical intervention · nature versus nurture · identity · perfectionism · power and control · scientific responsibility · body autonomy · consequences · deception · consumer medicine · social pressure · playing god · disability · human experimentation

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The Beauty of the End

Lauren Stienstra · 2025

Twin sisters join a government reproduction program after humanity learns extinction is encoded in its DNA.

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Themes labels: reproductive ethics · bodily autonomy · women's autonomy · eugenics · utilitarianism · individual vs society · moral compromise · grief · hope · survival · consent · adoption · human trafficking · medical ethics · science and ethics · government control · parenthood · childfree choice

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XX

Angela Chadwick · 2018

A lesbian couple enters a controversial fertility trial, then faces media frenzy, backlash, and pressure on their relationship.

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Themes labels: reproductive rights · medical ethics · parenthood · motherhood · family · gender politics · homophobia · misogyny · media intrusion · press ethics · fake news · public opinion · class inequality · political manipulation · science vs nature · choice · identity · social control · privacy · fearmongering · queer rights · women’s autonomy · tradition vs change

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Cover of The Evening and the Morning and the Night by Octavia E. Butler

The Evening and the Morning and the Night

Octavia E. Butler · 1991 · Pulphouse Short Story Paperbacks

A hereditary disease born from a cancer cure forces one young woman to confront stigma, control, and survival.

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Themes labels: genetic determinism · free will · agency · identity · social stigma · discrimination · medical ethics · bioethics · eugenics · isolation · community · responsibility · collective responsibility · self-determination · human dignity · mental illness · disability · inheritance · parent-child legacy · survival · compassion · belonging · autonomy · class stratification · feminism · racial discrimination · othering

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Cover of Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Unwind

Neal Shusterman · 2007 · Unwind Dystology

Three teens face a law that lets parents and the state dismantle unwanted children for body parts.

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Themes labels: right to life · reproductive rights · human rights · bodily autonomy · ethics · morality · parental responsibility · state power · dehumanization · propaganda · apathy · religious fanaticism · utilitarianism · sanctity of life · identity

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vN

Madeline Ashby · 2012 · The Machine Dynasty

A self-replicating android girl goes on the run after a deadly outburst exposes a broken failsafe and a dangerous secret.

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Themes labels: choice · free will · identity · personhood · nature versus nurture · autonomy · selfhood · parenting · love · dependency · humanity · slavery · exploitation · ethics of AI · moral responsibility · maturity · belonging · otherness · social control · body politics · consent · violence against vulnerable beings · religious futurism · class oppression

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Cover of Promised by Caragh M. O'Brien

Promised

Caragh M. O'Brien · 2012 · Birthmarked

A young midwife turned leader must win refuge for her people while a ruthless regime weaponizes fertility and family.

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Themes labels: reproductive rights · bodily autonomy · fertility · motherhood · choice and sacrifice · ethics · survival · genetics · eugenics · leadership · justice · family · women's rights · adoption · infertility · resource scarcity

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Cover of The Farm by Joanne Ramos

The Farm

Joanne Ramos · 2019

A Filipina single mother joins a luxury surrogacy retreat to secure her future, but the deal costs her freedom.

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Themes labels: motherhood · reproductive rights · bodily autonomy · class inequality · wealth inequality · race · immigration · capitalism · exploitation · consent · free will · ethical tradeoffs · privilege · American Dream · family sacrifice · feminism · reproductive labor · moral grayness · identity · dehumanization

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Cover of Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton

Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful

Arwen Elys Dayton · 2018

Six linked futures trace how genetic engineering and body modification reshape humanity, morality, and identity.

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Themes labels: humanity · ethics · perfection · power · privilege · class inequality · bodily autonomy · identity · morality · eugenics · technology and society · medical ethics · social control · discrimination · life and death · progress and consequences · vanity · fear of change · human nature

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The Just City

Jo Walton · 2015 · Thessaly

Athena builds Plato’s ideal city with time-displaced humans, slave children, robots, and a mortal Apollo among them.

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Themes labels: justice · free will · volition · consent · equality · excellence · education · philosophy · utopia and dystopia · gender roles · women's rights · slavery · eugenics · human nature · power · moral philosophy · nature vs nurture · art and culture · artificial intelligence · truth and ethics

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Cover of Shock by Robin Cook

Shock

Robin Cook · 2006

Two graduate students take a fertility-clinic egg donation job to uncover what became of their eggs—and uncover far more.

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Themes labels: Medical ethics · Reproductive rights · Identity · Personhood · Morality · Privacy · Confidentiality · Feminism · Female agency · Scientific ambition · Cloning ethics · Infertility · Commercialized medicine · Corruption · Consequences

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Cover of Graceful Burdens by Roxane Gay

Graceful Burdens

Roxane Gay · 2020

In a tightly controlled future, one woman confronts a system that decides who may bear children—and who may only borrow them.

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Themes labels: reproductive rights · bodily autonomy · female autonomy · motherhood · identity · self-worth · genetic determinism · state power · bureaucracy · patriarchy · government control · resistance · fertility · women's empowerment · social worth · choice

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