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OK: Considers Database To Track Pregnant People, Anti-Abortion Bills GOP Gov. Promised To Sign (Original Post) appalachiablue Feb 2022 OP
I'm trying to remember which eastern European country PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2022 #1
Romania? DBoon Feb 2022 #4
Perhaps. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2022 #5
Yes, it was Romania, under Nicolae Ceaușescu ShazzieB Feb 2022 #7
Thank you for that. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2022 #8
My pleasure! 😁 ShazzieB Feb 2022 #9
Must be Gilead...OK will be first to make the "dream" come true...nt wcmagumba Feb 2022 #2
The laws being proposed now are even more draconian brer cat Feb 2022 #3
The woman-hating gestational slavers do not care that the majority of Amricans niyad Feb 2022 #6

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,641 posts)
1. I'm trying to remember which eastern European country
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 09:48 PM
Feb 2022

actually tracked women's menstrual cycles to note if they got pregnant.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,641 posts)
5. Perhaps.
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 10:22 PM
Feb 2022

I've done a bit more Google searching with no good result. Other than the fact that Romania totally banned contraception and abortion.

The unwanted babies dumped into orphanages were the sad outcome of that.

ShazzieB

(18,559 posts)
7. Yes, it was Romania, under Nicolae Ceaușescu
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 12:55 AM
Feb 2022

Because the Romanian birthrate was falling, the Romanian communist government enacted a measure known as Decree 770, outlawing abortion and all forms of birth control. It's hard to find details about how it was enforced, but a Wikipedia article on Decree 770 includes this:

To enforce the decree, society was strictly controlled. Contraceptives disappeared from the shelves and all women were forced to be monitored monthly by a gynecologist.:   Any detected pregnancies were followed until birth. Secret police kept a close eye on hospital procedures.


The Wikipedia article has more details about the impact on Romanian society and the unwanted children born as a result of the decree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree_770

niyad

(119,637 posts)
6. The woman-hating gestational slavers do not care that the majority of Amricans
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 10:33 PM
Feb 2022

support a Woman's right to choose. Their hatred and desire for control blinds them.

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