Since about 1/2 of conceptions end in miscarriage, often before the woman even realizes she has conceived, its hard to see how this would work. Perhaps mandatory monthly pregnancy testing, with government case workers regularly following up on every positive until the moment of birth, when the government abandons them?
Now That sounds like something our erstwhile Federal Administration's right-wing ~friends could approve of! What a great way to ensure a vast underclass to be the serfs (carefully Not Called slaves, at least out loud) in the new and coming Empire. From a historian's view, this looks just an Awful lot like the beginning of the slide into empire that strong republics usually end with.
But Wait, they Already have most of this policy in effect in Muslim countries under Sharia law, why not just invite them in to jump on the bandwagon too?!
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But Wait, they Already have most of this policy in effect in Muslim countries under Sharia law, why not just invite them in to jump on the bandwagon too?!