Supposedly,
the United States has no population control policy like China or Romania. Our population control policy is fought over
at both state and federal levels by legislators and judges and agencies.
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The left-wing elite uses the methods of persuasion,
economic coercion and availability of contraception and abortion to keep women
from having babies: they call this “Choice”.
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The right-wing elite use the methods of
persuasion, economic tax incentives and reducing the availability of or
outlawing contraception and abortion to force women to have babies; they call
this “Pro-Life”.
In 1966, the
birth rate in Romania was the lowest in Europe. Ceaușescu, head of the Communist Party, outlawed contraception and
abortion and required women to have monthly gynecological checks to see if they
were pregnant. If they were, they would
be followed until the baby was born.
Within less than a year, the birth rate soared to the highest in the
world. In China, the one-child policy
has caused the birth rate to go below that desired by the rulers. By having a two-child policy and requiring
women with two children to have gynecological checks every four months and
forcing a woman to have an abortion, the population of China will be stabilized
at a slightly higher level.
When are we
going to catch on to this not-so-subtle manipulation of women? When are we going to see that both the left
and right control our reproductive decisions?
An
independent women’s movement needs to go behind the population controller’s smokescreen. This issue is not about “saving the
environment” or “protecting human life”.
The women’s movement needs to stop playing footsie with population
controllers like the Koch brothers on the right or Warren Buffett on the left.
We need to
demand availability of contraception and abortion at puberty, and we need to
demand maternity leave, free or low-cost childcare, housing subsidies to enable
children to have their own bedrooms, tax deductions for childcare, schools,
playgrounds, public transportation: all the things that would enable many
American women to have a child if they wanted to.
Article on Romanian population control: Decree 770
Article on Chinese population control: Two-child policy
