Pod Generation - The

Under my heart, she thought. Finally. They found her, of course. The police arrived within minutes. Mark was called. Lawyers were hired. The news called it the “Pod-napping Heist” and later, more kindly, the “Last Natural Birth.”

“I want to feel her,” Rachel said. “Really feel her. Inside me.” The Pod Generation

They chose “Luna” for a girl, “Kai” for a boy. The pod didn’t care either way. Under my heart, she thought

The first pods were for the wealthy. Then the government subsidized them. Then employers began offering pod-leave instead of maternity leave. Then insurance companies quietly raised premiums for natural births, labeling them “high-risk elective choices.” The police arrived within minutes

She went to the pod center alone. Mark was at a conference. Ellis was on his lunch break. The security cameras could be looped with a device Sasha had given her — a small black button that cost three months’ salary on the black market.

“Would you like to name the embryo today?” asked the embryologist.