Yep. The Saudis have done it. They have perfected a system for preventing abortion.
Saudi Arabia is sending a text message to the guardian—usually a husband, father, or brother—of any woman who attempts to exit the country. While the kingdom isn’t known for its women’s rights, critics feel “tagging” women like a dog that wanders astray is way out of bounds and wrong on every level. Can’t say I disagree.
A few facts about Saudi Arabian women: It’s the only country where women can’t legally drive; women must always be accompanied by a guardian called a mahram; women are listed as dependents on their guardian’s passports; women must always wear a full-length black covering called an Abaya, a full face covering called a niqab, and a hair covering called a hijab; women cannot attend school or hold a job; all requests for healthcare must be approved by the guardian. Women in Saudi Arabia hold the same social standing as children.
Now, let’s talk about how this digital leash works under these everyday restrictions. Under Saudi law, women must have permission from their husband or the Saudi male head of household to leave the country (or basically do anything, but that’s a discussion for another time). Until recently, these permission slips—basically the same ones your parents signed in school except for adults—were actual pieces of paper called “Yellow Slips.” On the slip was a formal declaration indicating written permission that a woman could leave the country.
Now, they’ve gone digital.
When a woman has her passport scanned, the electronic monitoring system notifies whoever has her listed as a dependent via text message by using a massive database. This can happen whether she is leaving the country via an airport or border check. The guardian will receive the message even if he is traveling with the woman or, you know, has no problem with his adult wife leaving the country without his express permission.
See how that could work? You just implant women with a GPS tracker and you will be able to keep your (Government) eyes on them all the time. Now if we add similar tracking for men we would know exactly who comes in contact with them and if one gets pregnant we will know who to blame. If women put up a fight with every sexual contact (wanted or otherwise) she would have the perfect defense. “I was raped.”
There is one small problem here in the US. How will you get women to vote for it? Well no matter. The President could issue a decree in the name of National Security. Something about “every woman deserving protection” should provide sufficient cover.
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7 responses to “Saudi Arabia Has Perfected Abortion Prevention”
Read “The Handmaid’s Tale” sometime. The movie is disturbing enough…
Zendo,
I saw the movie if that counts. It was disturbing.
That’s not nearly good enough. Every egg should have an implanted GPS and alert the FBI (federal baby insurers) as soon as fertilized. All pregnant women should be sequestered in a centralized federal facility to insure they carry the zygote^^H^H^H^H^H^H fetus^H^H^H^H baby to term.
Even with these simple and reasonable methods there is room for improvement. All eggs must be fertilized to prevent the horrible waste of human life.
Menstruation is murder!
Biology is not a strong suit for you, eh, MMM? [rolls eyes]
One reason for intrusive government in America is that intrusive government is supposed to be unpopular. As a result, people who want society to go in one direction will tell people who want it to go in another direction “You can’t achieve your goals unless you create a totalitarian regime!” The intent of this is to convince the opposition (who are are regarded as people who don’t actually want a totalitarian regime) to surrender. It rarely works. The ethic of “Yes we can!” is even more deeply engrained in Western Civilization than “Don’t tread on me!” If you tell people they have to create a totalitarian state many people will try to do so.
As a result… fans of chemical paradises will say “You can’t get rid of drugs without jackbooted thugs breaking down doors of houses” and then act surprised when jackbooted thugs break down doors of houses. Or people might say “You can’t abolish racism without schools banning hate speech!” followed by speech codes on campus. Or “You can’t enforce intellectual property without a Federal censorship authority” and then … actually we turned aside from that disaster (for now) but it might recur. There are other cases.
To my fellow pro-lifers, when you see similar rhetoric aimed at you, please ignore it.
Joseph,
I’m actually a pro lifer. Now if all pro-lifers were anti-government the movement might get some where. But we have more than a few with the idea that only government guns can stop abortion. “We need laws. And men with guns enforcing them.” As long as that faction is strong not much will get done. Because the internal fight uses up all the energy.
Any government strong enough to stop abortion is strong enough to make it mandatory. If that doesn’t bother you – you are not paying attention.
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BTW the jackbooted drug war thugs were in place long before anyone cared much about the war on drugs. Read some Wm. Burroughs on the subject.
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BTW the War On Drugs project goes back to The League of Nations and is part of the UN now. Drugs may not be the primary aim.
Joseph,
Check out what I said here:
http://classicalvalues.com/2012/11/there-is-a-difference/#comment-69682