The End of Meaningless Jobs (Singularity Hub article)

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They chose to stone the lady that wouldn't get pregnant. That part bothered me.

If you mean in '2150 A.D.', the lady is stoned because the main character refused to give himself over to the micro-society. There was nothing to do with pregnancy. In the end it is revealed that both her and the main character were serving karma for their actions in primitive society where they had gleefully stoned others to death.