The Unborn Child Protection Act
Act 292 wasn’t a new law. It was a revision.
Wisconsin’s Unborn Child Protection Act already allowed the state to intervene in pregnancies labeled “at risk.” Lawmakers quietly added one more risk factor: abortion.
From that point on, the unborn were treated as separate persons under the law. Pregnancy became subject to review, challenge, and court order. What was once private became evidence. What was once personal became enforceable.
This change didn’t arrive with force or fanfare. It arrived with paperwork. A report. A court hearing. Detention.
Monitoring became mandatory. Unplanned pregnancies were labeled “at risk.” The men involved were labeled a “flight risk” and assigned legal responsibility.
Nothing changed all at once. Intervention became routine, applied on a case-by-case basis, until there was no way to stay outside it.
Enter a near-future world where bodily autonomy is no longer yours.
She was finally free. Until her body said otherwise.
Rylee Williams has plans. Her gap year starts with a church mission to Canton, followed by a summer in Europe with her sister and one last trip to Cancun with her friends. No curfews. No expectations. Just space to finally figure out who she is.
But then come the symptoms. Nausea. Exhaustion. That constant, uneasy feeling in her stomach. Her best friend urges her to take a pregnancy test. Rylee refuses. She can’t be pregnant. Her medical history makes it impossible.
One test. Then another. Each one chips away at the future she thought she controlled.
Set in a near-future America where personhood begins at conception, Thin Blue Lines is the emotionally charged prequel to The Motherhood Mandate, where freedom is fragile and every heartbeat carries consequences.
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What happens when becoming a father is no longer a choice?
Sam Maxwell is looking forward to graduating from college. After breaking up with his on-again, off-again girlfriend for good, his life is suddenly derailed by a summons to Family Court. Wisconsin's pro-birth laws declare him the biological father of an embryo, which has been appointed a ward of the state.
Struggling with the sudden loss of his athletic scholarship, friends, and freedom after being placed under house arrest, Sam fights to keep his sense of self as his stubborn partner tries to force her own agenda. When a bad decision crosses the line set by the court, the angry young man faces devastating criminal charges . . . for a child that may not be his.
Will Sam forge a path through this autocratic nightmare before his life is completely unraveled?
Set in 2028, The Fatherhood Mandate is a captivating and dark dystopian novel that explores the mind-bending question of what bodily autonomy means to our society.
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Rylee Williams is looking forward to the future. Eager to volunteer for her congregation’s Home Mission, followed by an extended trip through Europe. She might even mentor her old high school’s robotics team. But that changes the instant she discovers she’s pregnant.
Becoming a mother was the last thing she expected, and now her ability to travel is restricted under the Unborn Child Protection Act. Forced into the Wisconsin Individual Family Education program with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Rylee struggles to navigate in a world that has reduced her to a walking womb.
Set in 2028, this chilling companion to The Fatherhood Mandate offers a frightening insight into current cultural and political trajectories. The Motherhood Mandate digs deeply into the endgame of authoritarian governments and their silver-tongued rhetoric. Readers may begin to wonder who is behind our present-day culture wars.
A must-read for fans of The Handmaid’s Tale, Eden Rising, and Vox. Buy it today!
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She was raised to think for herself. Now, she’s being told who to become.
Allison Maxwell has spent the last two years in Hamburg with her father, growing up in a world that values intellect and independence. But when a spike in global tensions forces her to return to Manhattan, she finds herself trapped in a version of home that no longer makes sense.
At Vanguard Preparatory Academy—a school reserved for the children of the powerful elite—boys are trained to lead, while girls are molded to submit. She’s confused by lessons that feel like systemic indoctrination and disturbed by the trap masked by patriotism and prayer.
As Allison resists the rules shaping her future, she bonds with Michelle, a sharp-witted student who sees through Vanguard’s polished façade. Together, they begin to question not just the school but the world that built it. And when family secrets come to light, Allison is forced to confront a chilling reality: the system isn’t broken—it’s working exactly as designed.
Set in 2042, A Ward of the State is a dark, psychological commentary on control, compliance, and the quiet rebellion of a girl who refuses to be reshaped. M.E. Wright deftly explores the interpersonal dynamics of family, agency, and inner resilience in this thought-provoking third novel in The Unborn Child Protection Act saga.
Buy A Ward of the State to understand how the game is played today.
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