A is for arvies In the world of "Arvies", the unborn have such paramount rights that the most privileged are simply never born. They are instead kept in baths of amniotic fluid and their physical development kept at a fetal level while their cognitive development is allowed to flourish. The underprivileged allowed to live are used as tools for the elites, either as manual laborers or as arvies, which are legally considered dead. I don't know how much Adam-Troy Castro intended to evoke the contemporary abortion controversies. I read this is a satirical #ifthisgoeson extension of the notion that restrictions on abortions infringe on a woman's #bodilyautonomy, implicitly giving fetuses more rights than any born person. It also plays into the notion that abortion opponents who simultaneously advocate for cuts to aid for needy mothers and impoverished children are #profetusnotprolife. I could be overthinking it, though. What do you think? Background animation courtesy of @sojourn.project Like and subscribe for more #skiffydefinitions. Tag a friend who likes words and #sciencefiction. Let me know in the comments section if you would want to live as an immortal fetus transplanting from husk to husk. (at Chandler, Arizona)
