"It's been a wild year." Derek offered as he drove Rhonda and Caroline to Dr. Marge's office. The women were scheduled to get their mandated contraceptive implants. As the owner on record, Derek had to sign the proper forms. He had received the notice in the mail a few days prior.
The contraceptive implant and the vaccine to prevent STD's was free to all women, paid for by the government, voluntary for free women but required by law for every female slave. Derek had seen the news that efforts were being made once again to develop a male contraceptive but so far there was little progress. Severe erectile dysfunction had accompanied all efforts so far. As a result if the female owner of a male slave wanted to have him service her with his penis it was her responsibility to make sure she was protected. If she did get pregnant, the woman was solely responsible for the child's support. Even after the male was released from slavery he had no parental right nor obligation to support his progeny. Society and the law felt the woman would bear sole responsibility for her decision and would have to live with the consequences. This held true even for males who were serving short enslavements when they impregnated a woman.
While female slaves had a very active sex life, male slaves generally did not have much of one at all beyond serving their owners orally. Many were caged, especially if kept by a family. Smarter slaves realized that was actually to their benefit if the family had an underage female in the house. Sex with an underage girl would be an automatic sentence for rape no matter the circumstances or who initiated the encounter. The slave would be implanted with the Plan B implant, permanent emasculation.
While the contraceptive implant was free, the one to stop the woman's menstrual period was not. It was expensive. Derek would have to pay close to a thousand dollars for each of his women to have it done. He suspected the companies making sanitary products had lobbied to make it so expensive. He read one article claiming one of the leading manufacturer's of women's products actually owned the patent for the approved drug. They wanted their money from the female population either way.
Derek asked Sarah and Lou at the dinner table if it wouldn't be much cheaper to just let the girls have periods. A yearly supply of tampons was cheap compared to the implant. He did not voice his reason was he had enough women he would always have a few available not on her period. None of the women liked his suggestion. They said it was a matter of convenience. Caroline said quickly that if she could not get pregnant and have a baby, she did not want to put up with a period either. That sentiment was echoed around the table.
Derek had noticed several boxes of feminine products were purchased recently though. He knew both Sarah and Lou needed some after giving birth but that was few months ago. They had not mentioned oral contraception nor an implant. "You aren't trying to get pregnant again are you?" He asked the two of them. Not addressed, Wanda sat to one side listening. He was told to mind his own business. "It IS my business."
"No, it isn't.' Lou said. "You stated your conditions and we complied. Your babies bear your last name. You have full parental rights. And you knew we'd want at least one more baby." He looked over at Wanda who now sat grinning.
She laughed at his expression. "Yep, my implants are expiring too. I got enslaved the same time as Rhonda and Caroline. My clock is ticking down. I want a baby while I can. So get ready to ride, Buster!" Derek knew when to surrender. He did not bother to even make a token protest.. His only option was to not have sex with the women and he knew that was not going to happen. Secretly he did not really mind fathering more children. His main concern was surviving long enough to watch them grow up. Money was not even a remote issue.
Derek had ensured his kids would be provided for. Not only were the mothers well set financially individually but Lou had set up a trust. It essentially provided an equal undivided interest in Derek's estate for his children, which included his land and slaves. He had also established a large portfolio of financial assets in the form of stocks, bonds and had financial interest in several of Sarah's companies. The mothers would share the executorial responsibilities. Derek thought how the names themselves had not been specified. It referred to Derek's children and their mothers. Neither number nor identity were specified. So he knew Wanda would be covered as well. He had not even questioned the wording when Lou had offered it.
The one thing he had specified was that the slaves were taken care of. Any slave he owned at the time of his death could not be sold. She would remain as part of the estate until her term expired. Furthermore, the former slave would have a home as long as she wanted. Derek saw this as a reward for their years of service. But he had no plan for any of that to happen for many more years.
Now in Dr. Marge's clinic at the hospital, Derek checked Rhonda and Caroline in at the front desk and asked if he could get a booster for STD prevention while he was there. As he rolled up his sleeve for his shot he watched Rhonda and Caroline prepare for their implants. Slave women got all their shots in their buttocks. They protested having to strip completely and assume the 'present' position since it was the slave girl LPN who would be administering the medication. "It's not like we are getting examined by Dr. Marge!" Rhonda complained hotly. "And you are a slave like us! You don't have to strip us completely bare out here in the hallway!"
"Rules are, slaves get naked for exams and treatment." the slave nurse said, enjoying her power. "The exam rooms are full right now. Do you want me to tell Doc you refused to strip like I ordered? If she is too busy to punish you now, are you going to the party this weekend?" The threat was clear. Caroline began to remove her clothes. After a slight pause Rhonda did the same. The nurse grinned at Derek and winked. She let the women stand exposed and in position before she reached for the syringe containing Derek's inoculation. Rhonda fumed but did not make a sound. Outside of the weekend parties she had not been exposed in public in almost a year, not since she attended slave camp. Now she stood in the open where free women and slaves in the waiting room could see her. A couple men, husbands and boyfriends of the other patients could see them as well if they bothered to look.
Dr. Marge stepped out of one of the exam rooms. She saw Derek and waved him over. He wanted to talk to her anyway and readily complied. "Gee, maybe I should have given you a physical before we gave you your shot, Derek." she said smiling. "You know, make sure you are disease free. No genital warts or anything else." She grinned wide. "I wouldn't even charge you!"
