OK: Considers Database To Track Pregnant People, Anti-Abortion Bills GOP Gov. Promised To Sign

[appalachiablue]

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016313531

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. I'm trying to remember which eastern European country

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

[DBoon]

4. Romania?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Perhaps.

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]

7. Yes, it was Romania, under Nicolae Ceaușescu

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

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. Thank you for that.

[ShazzieB]

9. My pleasure! 😁

[wcmagumba]

2. Must be Gilead...OK will be first to make the "dream" come true...nt

[brer cat]

3. The laws being proposed now are even more draconian

than existed before Roe. These people make me sick.

[niyad]

6. The woman-hating gestational slavers do not care that the majority of Amricans

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