In Earth Without Children, longevity treatment was a way of life for most people. It enabled them to live for hundreds of years. However, it had unforeseen side effects which eventually caused sterility in nine-tenths of the human race. Men produced defective sperms; women's ova became infertile, slowing down the growth of the human population. The last birth recorded was two hundred years ago: a male child. Maxwell Blackwell, an advocate of parturition who had always kept sperm and ova banks, made the discovery during an attempt to replenish his stock. President Alexis Tobias, world leader, was informed of the situation. She inferred that breeding prejudiced world peace and security; therefore, she enforced total breeding prohibition…
