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  • Iran bans permanent contraception to boost population growth

    Source: http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...ulation-growth



    Iran bans permanent contraception to boost population growth
    Parliament prohibits vasectomies and other lasting birth control measures after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls for more babies

    Reuters in Dubai
    theguardian.com, Monday 11 August 2014 14.29 BST

    Iran's parliament has voted to ban permanent forms of contraception, the state news agency IRNA reported, endorsing the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's call for more babies to be born.

    The bill, banning vasectomies and similar procedures in women, is parliament's response to a decree Khamenei issued in May to increase the population to "strengthen national identity" and counter "undesirable aspects of western lifestyles".

    Doctors who violate the ban will be punished, the IRNA reported...
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