Romania Pro-natalist Policy
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- Created on: 19-04-16 16:06
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- Romania Pro-Natalist Policy
- Social
- Only 28 divorces were permitted in 1967
- Contraception was not legally available
- Legal abortions dropped by 50%
- Police were at hospitals ensuring no abortions happened
- Abortion on demand was abolished in 1966
- The legal age for marriage was lowered to 15 (1984)
- Economic
- People over the age of 25 who remained childless had to pay 20% extra tax
- Family allowances were increased for each successive child
- Mothers were given money when they had their third child and more
- Income tax was reduced by 30% for families with three of more children
- Did it work?
- 1966-1967 births DOUBLED by 250,000
- From 1/4 million to 1/2 million
- By 1985 birth rate had gone up to 16 per 1000
- little different to neighboring countries that didn't have these rules
- No
- Because they have good health care and low infant mortality so no need for big families
- Even with the tax advantages children were a financial burden
- 1966-1967 births DOUBLED by 250,000
- Social
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