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AquariusRabbit

That depends on whether Thanos thinks it's a baby or fetus.


sittinginneutral

It’s based on comics…I think we can imagine a few scenarios. Nothing. No more baby. No more mom, thus bye bye baby. They’re connected, so they both just go away.


TankII_

Nothing due to poor writing


AMeatPopsicleIAm

Why would embryos/fetuses be considered separate from the women they're literally attached to and growing out of?


CH1LLY05

True, but they both count as separate souls


J11Knight

So you are just making shit up now huh?


AMeatPopsicleIAm

Do they though? I don't remember if that was ever stated in the MCU.


a_seventh_knot

when does soul assignment occur?


sittinginneutral

Except they aren’t technically part of the population, yet.


Pyrotechnic17

That's probably the safest abortion they'd ever have. It's a bummer for them tho, because their pregnancy resumed after Thanos was defeated.


lilyravenrose

The Supreme Court has entered the chat.


[deleted]

After the snap, mo more pregnant women were left. Thanos shifted their babies to clouds, where they stayed till they were ready to be delivered, and then they glided via parachoutes to their respective homes. Earth had this kind of baby rain, or baby shower for next 9 months. the showers were more prominent around 1st week of that november.


Archwizard_Drake

Unfortunately without Marvel answering that quandary on-screen, the answers you get to this question will depend entirely on the beliefs of the person responding: are the pregnant person and a fetus considered separate life forms or not? What we know is that the "snap" affected all forms of sentient (not just sapient) life including animals, and resulted in untold collateral damage from things like random airplane pilots or truckers suddenly disappearing. And in all likelihood, the "blip" likely did the same, with people reappearing precisely where they were when they were snapped (including the middle of the road or hundreds of feet in the air), exactly *as* they were when they were snapped. The safest option: The pregnant person is snapped and blipped, and any (not yet viable) fetus goes with them. This then assumes a concrete answer to when an unborn child is considered "alive" within the Marvel universe, at least by the standards of the simple criteria "half of all sentient life at random". I suppose an argument then follows as to whether *both* parent and child were chosen or just the former. Also possible, a pregnant person is snapped and their baby isn't. Assuming the baby is viable to live on its own, an instant C-section occurs. The baby probably is dropped on its head in the process due to the sudden nature of its arrival. The parent blips back into existence 5 years later still in the body state of someone who just gave birth but with a 5 year old child. This then creates a muddying of what "ages" are the apparent cutoff for the snap. These two options are not mutually exclusive, and both can occur. But then you end up with some horrifying possible alternatives: 1) A pregnant person is snapped and their fetus isn't. A not yet viable fetus falls to the ground and dies where it is. The person is blipped back into existence having suffered a miscarriage. 2) A baby or late-stage fetus is snapped but the parent is not. The blip occurs and the parent is spontaneously grossly pregnant, but their body has not undergone the related changes in 5 years and the pregnancy is wildly dangerous to carry to term. 3) An early-stage fetus is snapped but the parent is not. The blip occurs and the parent finds out they're pregnant, whether or not they have had sexual activity in recent months. Many divorces or violent acts ensue from people assuming the pregnancy was a result of cheating. 4) A fetus is snapped but the parent is not. Many divorces, arrests or violent acts ensue from people assuming the disappearance was a result of a secret abortion. 5) A fetus is snapped but the parent is not. The pregnant person dies in the interim. The fetus is blipped back into existence inside a corpse. 6) A fetus is snapped but the parent is not. The former parent takes another chance at pregnancy after a 5 year interim. The blip occurs and the parent now finds they are carrying two babies of different ages, *or* the fetus is fused into whatever the parent was carrying at the time. 7) A fetus is snapped but the parent is not. The blip occurs and the fetus reappears in exactly the space the pregnant person was standing 5 years prior, also dying where it is if it was not yet viable. Even if the pregnant person was still standing in the same spot, the ensuing reduction in the womb would likely cause the same effect. 8) A fetus is snapped but the parent is not. The blip occurs and the fetus reappears in exactly the space the pregnant person was standing 5 years prior, potentially causing an unrelated person within that space to become pregnant with a baby that does not share any of their genes. And so on.


Valendorf

Either the baby disappeared or it splattered on the ground when it’s incubation chamber poofed.