> The whole point of the article is that they are working on a technology that might obviate that particular concern. My whole point is that if you're saying "

> The whole point of the article is that they are working on a technology that might obviate that particular concern. My whole point is that if you're saying "sure, you made poor life decisions, your ovaries shriveled up" but we can cook up a Frankenbaby for you, then maybe this isn't the solution to a problem, but a problem compounding on itself. > What does this mean? I I don't know how much more plainly I can put it. There are any number of chronic health conditions that lead to reduced fertility, those that are either caused by poor decisions, or exacerbated by them. > but there are many risky or unhealthy behaviors that don’t harm your ability to have kids. They might not make you 100% infertile, but they tick up whatever number you're at by some fraction of a percentage. > I don’t see any particular reason to assume that having kids earlier will lead to better health outcomes Having better health can make having them naturally a little more probable.