In need of a baby boom, China clamps down on vasectomies

Re:In need of a baby boom, China clamps down on vasectomies by noiseman on Friday December 10, 2021 @10:14AM (#29510820)

The Second Demographic Transition theory holds that low fertility rates are a feature of developed economies, just as high fertility rates are a feature of agrarian economies. I don’t see how any government can do anything to halt this.

It will be interesting anyway to see what the Chinese government resorts to once these relatively mild policies fail to halt the decline in fertility rates.

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Re:In need of a baby boom, China clamps down on vasectomies by IXxXI on Monday December 13, 2021 @05:24AM (#29538333)

Greater pollution is correlated with reduced fertility.

It may not be the birth control solution we asked for, but may be the one that we deserve.

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Re:In need of a baby boom, China clamps down on vasectomies by impendingchange on Friday December 10, 2021 @04:00PM (#29515397)

What would a government do to try to halt a theory?

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Re:In need of a baby boom, China clamps down on vasectomies by alexvoda on Saturday December 11, 2021 @08:20AM (#29520666)

They can make all forms of contraception illegal and afterwards deal with a whole new category of unpredicted selfinflicted social issues.

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Re:In need of a baby boom, China clamps down on vasectomies by noiseman on Friday December 10, 2021 @04:36PM (#29515744)

By disproving it, probably.

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