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I'm sorry, what? A pregnant woman can't leave the state without husband's permission? Also, what happens if she's a single mum, or she's not married? Or a widow or husband is deployed... I mean... what?
Other commenter was being sarcastic. But it's the road they appear to be heading.
At the moment if a pregnant woman leaves the state they may suspect it's for abortion purposes. Neighbours can even report if they think someone may have aborted.
Nothing says "freedom and democracy" like being reported by your fucking neighbors for refusing to be "one of us".
In The Handmaid's Tale, right before Gilead takes over the US, women have to have their husbands sign off on their birth control refills. Then they all get fired from their jobs and all their money in the bank gets transferred to their husbands.
I know it's a tired cliche to keep bringing up the Handmaid's Tale, but it just doesn't seem that far out there anymore. Especially the part where everyone just goes along with the changes and learns to live with them. Margaret Atwood based everything in the book off of real events in wold history. So there's that.