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The story takes place in the not-too-distant future where the population is down and people are dying out. To preserve humanity, couples are required to have one child or else they are assigned a "fertility penalty" and allowed to procreate no more. In order to make the birth rate climb, women are encouraged to be "childfree," which means having no children, no time for children, and no one around for children.