Social Policy And The Family

• One Child Policy
• •Former communist government of Romania in 1980’s tried to increase birth rate.–Restricted contraception and abortion–Increased research in infertility clinics–Made divorce more difficult–Lowered legal age of marriage to 15–Un-married adults & childless couples to pay 5% extra tax
• Romania

  •This increase in the number of births resulted in many children being abandoned in orphanages, which were also occupied by people with disabilities and mental illnesses.•Together, these vulnerable groups were subjected to institutionalised neglect, physical and sexual abuse, and drug use to control behaviour.