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Comment author: [deleted] 02 January 2012 09:53:43AM *  9 points [-]

Once we get artificial uteri I think it should be illegal except in cases of rape, but it should be legal to renounce all responsibility for it and put it up for adoption or let the other biological parent finance the babies coming to term. This has the neat and desirable effect of equalizing the position of the biological father and the biological mother.

Comment author: [deleted] 02 January 2012 09:59:15AM *  2 points [-]

uterus's

Uteri?

Comment author: [deleted] 02 January 2012 10:00:25AM 3 points [-]

Not a native speaker. And uterus is a surprisingly sparingly used word.

Uterus. Uterus. Uterus.

Thanks for the correction! :)

Comment author: [deleted] 02 January 2012 10:01:55AM *  7 points [-]

Any time ;)

Just remember that if it ends with -us, it probably pluralizes to -i. That's only for latin-based words. Greek-based words, like octopus, can either be pluralized to octopuses or octopodes (pronounced Ahk-top-o-dees). And sometimes you have a new or technical latin-based word like "virus" which just pluralizes to "viruses." It's perfectly fine to pluralize uterus to uteruses, too, since it's so uncommon. English is a bitch.

[Edited to give a longer explanation]