Nicolae Ceaușescu: Difference between revisions

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In 1966, the Ceaușescu regime, in an attempt to boost the country's population, made [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion abortion] illegal, and introduced other policies to reverse the very low birth rate and fertility rate. Mothers of at least five children would be entitled to significant benefits, while mothers of at least ten children were declared ''heroine mothers'' by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Romania Romanian state]. Few women ever sought this status; instead, the average Romanian family during the time had two to three children (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Romania Demographics of Romania]). Furthermore, a considerable number of women either died or were maimed during clandestine abortions.

The government also targeted rising [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce divorce] rates and made divorce much more difficult - it was decreed that a marriage could be dissolved only in exceptional cases. By the late 1960s, the population began to swell. In turn, a new problem was created by child abandonment, which swelled the orphanage population (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cighid Cighid]). Transfusions of untested blood led to Romania accounting for many of Europe's paediatric [~~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS~~ HIV/AIDS] cases at the turn of the 21st century despite having a population that only makes up around 3% of Europe's total population.

The government also targeted rising [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce divorce] rates and made divorce much more difficult - it was decreed that a marriage could be dissolved only in exceptional cases. By the late 1960s, the population began to swell. In turn, a new problem was created by child abandonment, which swelled the orphanage population (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cighid Cighid]). Transfusions of untested blood led to Romania accounting for many of Europe's paediatric [[HIV/AIDS]] cases at the turn of the 21st century despite having a population that only makes up around 3% of Europe's total population.

===July Theses===

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 In 1966, the Ceaușescu regime, in an attempt to boost the country's population, made [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion abortion] illegal, and introduced other policies to reverse the very low birth rate and fertility rate. Mothers of at least five children would be entitled to significant benefits, while mothers of at least ten children were declared ''heroine mothers'' by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Romania Romanian state]. Few women ever sought this status; instead, the average Romanian family during the time had two to three children (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Romania Demographics of Romania]). Furthermore, a considerable number of women either died or were maimed during clandestine abortions.
-The government also targeted rising [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce divorce] rates and made divorce much more difficult - it was decreed that a marriage could be dissolved only in exceptional cases. By the late 1960s, the population began to swell. In turn, a new problem was created by child abandonment, which swelled the orphanage population (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cighid Cighid]). Transfusions of untested blood led to Romania accounting for many of Europe's paediatric [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS] cases at the turn of the 21st century despite having a population that only makes up around 3% of Europe's total population.
+The government also targeted rising [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce divorce] rates and made divorce much more difficult - it was decreed that a marriage could be dissolved only in exceptional cases. By the late 1960s, the population began to swell. In turn, a new problem was created by child abandonment, which swelled the orphanage population (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cighid Cighid]). Transfusions of untested blood led to Romania accounting for many of Europe's paediatric [[HIV/AIDS]] cases at the turn of the 21st century despite having a population that only makes up around 3% of Europe's total population.
 ===July Theses===