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What if they became pregnant?


Do you think they were on some sort of birth control? I wonder what they would have done to them if they became pregnant.

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The clones are sterile. They can have as much sex as they like without the risk of pregnancy.

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I thought that the babies would just be used in the same manner.

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I've thought of that, but I can see why such an arrangement wouldn't work. Part of the trick in this whole arrangement, and what makes the film most interesting on a human level, is that these "donors" all very dutifully accept their fate. There is never any suggestion of any resisting, saying no, running away and hiding, or escaping the UK altogether. Part of their upbringing must involve the conditioning to make them passive and accepting of their fate. If they could have children, that give them an incentive, even an imperative, to live on. They would want to care for the children, see them grow up, maybe even escape the sad fate they have. Part of the trick is to make their lives so different from ordinary humans that they accept their fates.

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