Human Birth Technology

''Amena said, “So how are human babies made? By combining DNA, an organic code, from two or more participants.”'' (Network Effect, Chapter 12)

Human births in the universe of The Murderbot Diaries may involve multiple parents and may be mediated by technology. This seems to be the case within the Corporation Rim, as well as in Freehold systems. Amena has two moms and a dad, and Iris has two dads. This aspect of parenting and relationships also provides plot elements for popular media, e.g. Murderbot's favorite, The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon:

“The one where the colony’s solicitor killed the terraforming supervisor who was the secondary donor for her implanted baby?” (All Systems Red, Chapter 5)

(Note: Murderbot emphatically disputes that the colony's solicitor killed him.)

Also see: Constructs