The Persistence of Blood
Novella 26,506 words Recommended by 5 award/anthology sources
Selemei’s push for a law to allow women to stop having children when it risks their health upends the complex caste-based society she lives in.
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death-of-a-loved-oneillness-and-pandemic
Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.