Larry Niven had aspects of this in some novels. Earth eventually so overpopulated that you gotta move to a colony world if you want to have kids without a license. Also good luck getting the license, especially if you don't have excellent genetics like one genius side character who's allowed to have as many baby mamas as he'd like.
Then they will “allow” pregnancy if you are among the “chosen”, if you are deemed “good enough”.
Larry Niven had aspects of this in some novels. Earth eventually so overpopulated that you gotta move to a colony world if you want to have kids without a license. Also good luck getting the license, especially if you don't have excellent genetics like one genius side character who's allowed to have as many baby mamas as he'd like.