Re:China bans for-profit school tutoring in sweeping overhaul
by tuatoru on Saturday July 24, 2021 @10:51PM
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Banning contraceptives has been tried many times.
Check out the story of Ceaușescu and the Romanian orphans[1].
The Catholic countries in Western Europe (Ireland, Spain, Portugal, etc) notoriously had much lower fertility rates than secular, Orthodox, and Protestant countries for decades before the Catholic ban on contraception was lifted.
TLDR: banning contraceptives causes great suffering and doesn't materially shift fertility trends.
Check out the story of Ceaușescu and the Romanian orphans[1].
The Catholic countries in Western Europe (Ireland, Spain, Portugal, etc) notoriously had much lower fertility rates than secular, Orthodox, and Protestant countries for decades before the Catholic ban on contraception was lifted.
TLDR: banning contraceptives causes great suffering and doesn't materially shift fertility trends.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_orphans