“Here it is, sir. Listen to this part.”
“…inevitable compromises. We all know what they are. No man or woman will be forcibly sterilized, although the procedure is safe, non-intrusive, one hundred percent reversible, and will be provided free of charge. Nor will any woman be subjected to abortion or prosecution for becoming pregnant without a permit. Instead, unauthorized babies will be extracted whole and placed into biostasis for storage at government expense until such a time that they can be brought to term—who knows, perhaps in a colony ship orbiting a new planet…”
Jackson grimaced, “Unauthorized babies, sir?”
“What?” said Saul. “All this fuss over one word?”
“A very unfortunate word,” said Jackson.
That much was true. What an embarrassment. The Republicans would have a field day
