That is brand new democrat nonsense-and the TV series is a whole different re-telling of the book-I only watched it once to see that-never watched again. I read The Handmaid’s Tale, and saw the movie when it came out, too-it appeared to be based on the practices of the more extreme Pentecostal sects combined with the practices of that break-away Mormon sect-FLDS-extreme control by men, polygamy, etc-and “coincidentally”, there was a big scandal about the FLDS that came out just before the book...
I’ve never seen the show - never will. But the attack has started. More articles from the past few days:
https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/prospective-supreme-court-nominee-puts-spotlight-people-praise
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett-religion-idUSKCN26D2RR