"Dr. Wells advised me to have a Pregnancy Substitute. But, my dear, you're only nineteen. The first Pregnancy Substitute isn't compulsory till twenty-one. I know, dear. But some people are better if they begin earlier. Dr. Wells told me that brunettes with wide pelvises, like me, out to have their first Pregnancy Substitute at seventeen.So I'm really two years late, not two years early. She opened the door of her locker and pointed to the row of boxes and labelled phials on the upper shelf" (Huxley 38).
In arguing on both sides of how scientific and technological advancement benefit humanity is demonstrated in this part of the book when a woman named Fanny talks to her friend Lenina about how she will start her Pregnancy Substitute, (which is similar to birth control), at a young age because Dr. Wells told her that women like Fanny who have wide pelvises need to start the Pregnancy Substitute at an earlier age. The positive side of taking this Pregnancy Substitute is the sexually active young adult women will not have to worry about getting unexpectedly pregnant if they were fertile, and they would not have to worry about having an extra expense to pay by raising a child on their own. The negative side to taking this Pregnancy Substitute is after a woman takes it for three months they would not have a chance to conceive a child if they wanted to for three to four years because that is how long the substitute allows women to stay infertile before they need to retake it again.
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