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	'''The Year of Compulsory Childbirth''' is a 2001 dystopian novel by [[Nigel Farringdon]].		'''''The Year of Compulsory Childbirth''''' is a 2001 dystopian novel by [[Nigel Farringdon]].

	'''Description:''' '''"In a world decimated by a mutant strain of AIDS, women are conscripted to have children.''' A world ravaged by AIDS, with a depleted population. A European Federation torn between three factions: the Procrusteans, the Libertarians and the Faithful. A Procrustean leader who enters into an unholy alliance with the Faithful to conscript women to have children. But geneticist Barbara Freeman does not accept the premise that collective survival takes precedence over civil liberties. Neither does rocket scientist Darii Lawson. These two -- whose parents were of members of "the Logic Society" -- smell in these expedient measures the foul stench of dictatorship. And they are prepared to fight against it. But what weapons do they have in their arsenal when they find themselves in a minority. And how far are President Luther and the theocratic Eric Chain prepared to go in the face of this resistance? In the end it comes down to a small band of dedicated people, including Barbara's sisters and her aging mentor Sophia Magnus to take on the might of a tyrannical superstate."		'''Description:''' '''"In a world decimated by a mutant strain of AIDS, women are conscripted to have children.''' A world ravaged by AIDS, with a depleted population. A European Federation torn between three factions: the Procrusteans, the Libertarians and the Faithful. A Procrustean leader who enters into an unholy alliance with the Faithful to conscript women to have children. But geneticist Barbara Freeman does not accept the premise that collective survival takes precedence over civil liberties. Neither does rocket scientist Darii Lawson. These two -- whose parents were of members of "the Logic Society" -- smell in these expedient measures the foul stench of dictatorship. And they are prepared to fight against it. But what weapons do they have in their arsenal when they find themselves in a minority. And how far are President Luther and the theocratic Eric Chain prepared to go in the face of this resistance? In the end it comes down to a small band of dedicated people, including Barbara's sisters and her aging mentor Sophia Magnus to take on the might of a tyrannical superstate."

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	'''The Year of Compulsory Childbirth''' is a 2001 dystopian novel by [[Nigel Farringdon]].		'''The Year of Compulsory Childbirth''' is a 2001 dystopian novel by [[Nigel Farringdon]].

	'''Description:''' '''"In a world decimated by a mutant strain of AIDS, women are conscripted to have children.''' A world ravaged by AIDS, with a depleted population. A European Federation torn between three factions: the Procrusteans, the Libertarians and the Faithful. A Procrustean leader who enters into an unholy alliance with the Faithful to conscript women to have children. But geneticist Barbara Freeman does not accept the premise that collective survival takes precedence over civil liberties. Neither does rocket scientist ~~Daril~~ Lawson. These two -- whose parents were of members of "the Logic Society" -- smell in these expedient measures the foul stench of dictatorship. And they are prepared to fight against it. But what weapons do they have in their arsenal when they find themselves in a minority. And how far are President Luther and the theocratic Eric Chain prepared to go in the face of this resistance? In the end it comes down to a small band of dedicated people, including Barbara's sisters and her aging mentor Sophia Magnus to take on the might of a tyrannical superstate."		'''Description:''' '''"In a world decimated by a mutant strain of AIDS, women are conscripted to have children.''' A world ravaged by AIDS, with a depleted population. A European Federation torn between three factions: the Procrusteans, the Libertarians and the Faithful. A Procrustean leader who enters into an unholy alliance with the Faithful to conscript women to have children. But geneticist Barbara Freeman does not accept the premise that collective survival takes precedence over civil liberties. Neither does rocket scientist Darii Lawson. These two -- whose parents were of members of "the Logic Society" -- smell in these expedient measures the foul stench of dictatorship. And they are prepared to fight against it. But what weapons do they have in their arsenal when they find themselves in a minority. And how far are President Luther and the theocratic Eric Chain prepared to go in the face of this resistance? In the end it comes down to a small band of dedicated people, including Barbara's sisters and her aging mentor Sophia Magnus to take on the might of a tyrannical superstate."

	==Editions==		==Editions==

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'''The Year of Compulsory Childbirth''' is a 2001 dystopian novel by [[Nigel Farringdon]].

'''Description:''' '''"In a world decimated by a mutant strain of AIDS, women are conscripted to have children.''' A world ravaged by AIDS, with a depleted population. A European Federation torn between three factions: the Procrusteans, the Libertarians and the Faithful. A Procrustean leader who enters into an unholy alliance with the Faithful to conscript women to have children. But geneticist Barbara Freeman does not accept the premise that collective survival takes precedence over civil liberties. Neither does rocket scientist Daril Lawson. These two -- whose parents were of members of "the Logic Society" -- smell in these expedient measures the foul stench of dictatorship. And they are prepared to fight against it. But what weapons do they have in their arsenal when they find themselves in a minority. And how far are President Luther and the theocratic Eric Chain prepared to go in the face of this resistance? In the end it comes down to a small band of dedicated people, including Barbara's sisters and her aging mentor Sophia Magnus to take on the might of a tyrannical superstate."

==Editions==
* 2001: House of Solomon Ltd. 288 pages. ISBN 190403702X. ISBN 978-1904037026.

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