On Unintended Consequences and “Non-Binary” Pregnancy
The New Yorker published an interesting article on the maybes and uncertainties of pregnancy. The two pink lines don’t tell the whole story by a long shot. That doesn’t mean hCG can’t be measured at sewers by those looking to track women’s bodies and their fertility. Spooky.
Illustration by Anna Parini, © 2026 New Yorker Magazine.
The Unsettling Ambiguity of Early Pregnancy
Binary tests offer an illusion of certainty, but pregnancy is a nonlinear experience, and confirming one is a process of slowly ruling out all other possibilities.
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