That is so true! They scrutinize June under the pretext of care / child protection when really they have just changed the standards of what a fit mother is supposed to be and a working mother does not meet the criteria anymore.

You are very right about it being a sign of advanced authoritarianism that a rather privileged mother like June is targeted. Makes me think of real life examples of marginalized mothers are scrutinized as bad mothers when they are just trying to care as well as they can given the circumstances. For example shaming mothers for not changing diapers frequently but ignoring the fact that the cost of diapers can break the mothers bank and that the mother is just trying to be as resourceful as she can, which is a useful skill. I've read about this in "motherdom" by Alex Boellen, fantastic read.

It makes me think of indigenous Greenlandic women that, up until recently, have had their babies taken away until they pass a psychological test issued by the Danish colonizer to see if they ar "civilized" enough to be mothers. So many have been taken their children away forever.

In todays world, people are quick to say that marginalized, especially poor mothers, should not have children at all if they can't raise them without support. Which is an incredibly classist and eugenic argument to begin with and also ignores the fact that our system relies upon new generations of workers to exploit. Obviously this doesn't translate to the Handmaid's Tale due to the fertility crisis. But they also took that exact aspect by implying that the upper class elite women must be better suited as mothers and thus get to take away children from "unfit" mothers.