Brave New World Chapter 3: Pregnancy Substitute, Good or Bad?

"But, my dear, you're only nineteen. The first Pregnancy Substitute isn't compulsory till twenty-one." "I know, dear. But some people are better if they begin earlier. Dr. Wells told me that brunettes with wide pelvises, like me, ought to have their first Pregnancy Substitute at seventeen. So I'm really two years late, not two years early."... "Dr. Wells says that a three months' Pregnancy Substitute now will make all the difference to my health for the next three or four years" (Huxley 38-39).

Anchor Statement: Scientific and technological advancements benefit society. 

In Chapter 3, Fanny discusses with Lenina her desire to begin a Pregnancy Substitute. In Brave New World there is no pregnancy, so a Pregnancy Substitute is an injection that tricks the body into thinking its pregnant and that balances the hormones. Lenina voices her belief that Fanny is too young to get a Pregnancy Substitute because most people obtain it when they are twenty-one and Fanny is only nineteen years old. Fanny tells Lenina that she has discussed it with her doctor, Dr. Wells, and that he has told her that it will be beneficial for her long-term health. I qualify this scientific advancement because although this Pregnancy Substitute will stop her from having unwanted children, it entices and allows people in Brave New World to have more and more sex with more and more people. But, in Brave New World this Pregnancy Substitute is obviously seen as a beneficial factor in their lives that allows them to be promiscuous without having any bad side-effects.