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[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

What’s the opposite of forced abortions? Because given the history of the CCP that could be where this is heading.

Decree 770

"Decree 770 was a decree of the communist government of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, signed in 1967. It restricted abortion and contraception, and was intended to create a new and large Romanian population."

"To enforce the decree, society was strictly controlled. Contraceptives were removed from sale and all women were required to be monitored monthly by a gynecologist.[3]: 6  Any detected pregnancies were followed until birth. The secret police kept a close eye on hospital procedures. "

[-] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

A consequence of Ceaușescu's natalist policy is that large numbers of children ended up living in orphanages, because their parents could not cope with looking after them. The vast majority of children who lived in the state-run orphanages were not actually orphans, like the name implies, but simply children whose parents could not afford or did not want to look after them.

So it often comes back to the economics of the situation. Kids used to make money, helping on the farm and stuff. Now kids cost a lot of money and paying women a substantial amount (and not the pizza party amounts) to have children is deemed economically nonviable.

[-] Skates@feddit.nl 5 points 2 weeks ago

Decree 770 [...] signed in 1967

Gen X in Romania is actually replaced by "decreței" - loosely translated as children of the decree. About 20 years later, they'd be just old enough to take part in the revolution that brought about Ceaușescu's execution and fast replacement with a former chief of the communist party's propaganda department, who had strong ties to Moscow.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's an interesting bit of info I never knew. Thank you for sharing that.

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