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by nicwolff 701 days ago
> “Will they be ok?”, “All I want is a healthy baby,” most say.

And why is your baby's health so much more important than that of the other hundred million babies in the world? Because it's (half) yours. Your selfish genes made you for this moment; all the bloodlines that didn't sacrifice for their babies died off. You can claim to be less solipsistic; but not a whit less selfish.