Most women won’t know they’re carrying the state’s legitimate interest for the first couple of weeks, but once the state’s interest disrupts their menstrual cycle, a simple home test can detect the invasion of the state. By six weeks or so, the woman might start becoming violently ill. As the state’s interest grows, a woman’s bones will soften and her joints will stop functioning properly. By the end of the first trimester, she’ll have created an entirely new organ, the placenta, which will start leaching nutrients from her bloodstream and feeding it to the state’s interest. To compensate, the
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