Well, ignoring the question of whether a body, in a state of continual edge-of-starvation, could even produce the goods necessary to become pregnant, let alone keep the baby. As I understand it, long-term starvation (such as anorexia) damages the body to an extent that it effectively sterilizes itself, whether temporarily or long-term. But still, that's a rather extreme example; it would take a huge disaster for that situation to occur, on the level of the ten-year drought in Ethiopia combined with political upheaval and social unrest...
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Date: 23 Nov 2004 12:33 am (UTC)