The mitzvah of pru urvu is incumbent on MEN, not women, because pregnancy and childbirth are ALWAYS a sakana (hence the making of birchas hagomeil after childbirth), and you cannot force a woman to put her life in jeopardy for the sake of a mitzvah. If you want to argue that point, look at one of the the halachos of bris milah. If two male infants have died in the same family because of their bris, the next male infant is NOT gehmahled. Obviously the halacha teaches us that skanos nefashos is of prime concern, even when it comes to mitzvos that are clear directives, much less those that are not.
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