That and follow up ideas people are wanting to pursue are based on ideas presented in a book written centuries ago that demand heterosexual monogamy and producing as many children as possible to prevent the small tribes that existed back then from dying out or suffering inbreeding.
When my failed future presented by me in the story was about my actions inspiring a movement which created a theocracy in the US, I was imagining a scenario that would never seen attempted.
When discussing the SCOTUS decision with my mom today, she was very upset especially that her two daughters and multiple nieces and nephews were among those whose vote in 2016 was solely determined by the desire to repeal Roe vs Wade. She has a very good reason.
Shortly after my mom married in 1964, she got pregnant with twins. Potentially due to misunderstanding the dangers of smoking during pregnancy, it got to the point where in 5 months, her life was in danger and it was determined the best course of action was to medically induce labor and deliver the twins who died within a day.
There are laws in some states that would today charge my mom and her doctor with murder for this. According to those laws, she would be required to carry the fetuses until they were "naturally" born or until she died or be subject to arrest otherwise.
I am aware that her scenario might not have happened in 2022 but there are still pregnancies that fail due to no fault of the mother and pregnancies where it can be determined that the fetus would produce a child that would likely be unable to function as an adult.
The same former friend who told me he was longer allowed to associate with me since I failed to "accept the love and eternal salvation provided by the sacrifice made by the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" decided to allow his wife to give birth to someone who is unlikely to be able to take care of herself as an adult. Earlier this week, he passed away and I have no idea what will happen to his family.
My one sister who has a daughter in her late 20s had her thoughts changed by being presented a scenario where a pregnancy from a rape could force her to possibly be the grandmother of a black child.
There are proposed laws that would also remove contraception, non hetero marriages, and potentially mixed race marriages. I am hoping there are enough people to realize that to advance as a nation, we can't go back to ideals from generations past but evolve.
