A country votes on banning natural birth—and one young woman stands in the crossfire.
Europe, 2096. As birthrates collapse, most children are now born in artificial wombs and raised in state-run Centers as “Regulars.” Those born naturally live apart, relics of a fading past.
Seventeen-year-old Grace has always trusted the system that shaped her—until a banned book awakens her curiosity. On a school trip, she meets Tom from the Natural-Born district, and begins to glimpse a life unscripted by algorithms and caretakers.
When a minister launches a referendum to outlaw natural birth “for the children’s sake,” tensions erupt. Drawn to Tom and a shared secret, Grace must choose: protect the future she was raised for—or risk everything for a life that no one else believes in.
Tense, intimate, and plausibly near, Birthright explores who gets to decide how we are made—and how much certainty we are willing to trade for choice.
