The girls were very, very pregnant. every one of them. i couldnt help but notice the vicious cycle that maggie had referred to when she spoke of the ...amilies coming in to the er. there were 6 girls in all. the oldest looked no more than 18, but i guessed shed have to be. there were a set of triplets 11 or 12 years old and a set of twins, maybe 9 or 10, all calling her ma. i remembered all too well what peggy looked like when she was about to deliver melissa and meagan. they were our biggest. She was at risk of being arrested and prosecuted for wanton behaviour which has a penalty of up to 20 Lashes or community work It is an old fashioned bye law but hasbeen supported by local feminists who are frightened of a new bout of male chauvinism which might be launched by repealing the bye-lawSo I wandered over to her bench and told her that under byelaw 69 she was corrupting my morals . Did she want to be prosecuted for her misfeasance . She begged me with tears in her eyes not to. A black female nurse was showing the females how to use the pruning shears.Mary and Dr Brenda stood there observing the training: “Again, once the male has decided on neutering, he makes the training appointment for the female of the family who will do the honors. Afterwards, she will decide the day when the neutering will happen.”They stood and watched as a teen girl took the pruning shears and neatly cut the plastic scrotum off the male mannequin, she was beaming as she held up the sac. The. No need to be nervous, they're a good crowdthat come here.'As we had been speaking Lynne and Charlotte had entered. They too got afew glances but nothing more. Lynne led Charlotte to a table where theywere approached by a waitress. As I sipped at my beer I looked around.You had to give it to the people that went to that club, they did getinto the spirit of things. Among the more outrageous outfits were a guydressed as a baby who was sitting with a woman in a nannies outfit, therewas a guy.