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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the book I thought there was a STD that had left the majority of the population infertile?  I'm going to go grab my book and double check.

We know Mexico had a similar problem when they came to visit in Season 1 of the show.[/quote]

In the book I can't find a reference to say why there are so many infertile people.

Page 61 talks about male fertility: OB/GYN Doctor talking to Offred,

[quote]"Most of those old gusy can't make it anymore," he says. "Or they're sterile."

I almost gasp: he's said a forbidden word.  [i]Sterile.[/i] Ther is no such thing as a sterile man anymore, not officially.  There are only women who are fruitful and women who are barren, that's the law.[/quote]

In a New Yorker interview with Attwood she stated that she kept clipping recent headlines (early 80s) about a decline in birthrates and repressive policies on contraception and abortion.  But I can't find confirmation on why birthrates were falling within the book (not that it matters too much in the show).

Regarding Serena (her real name is Pam): in the book she had a cane.  It does say someone tried to shoot her and missed.  Someone else tried to put a bomb in her car, but it went off before she was in the car (page 45). [/quote]

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