Forced increase in population... Yet had terrible results???

by my2centsb4taxes

I recently saw a clip from a documentary about a country (that was post war I believe) who insisted its population of woman become pregnant and would actually tax the women who were not pregnant. This obviously caused a chain reaction of unwanted pregnancies and children raised in unloving environments which had a very negative effect as that younger generation grew older.

What country was this and can you tell me anything else about it?

IAmAHat_AMAA

Romania? In 1967 the dictator passed a decree banning abortion and contraceptives in an effort to increase the population by 7 million.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree_770

The USSR also had a 6% tax on childlessness from 1941 until its collapse.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_on_childlessness