Another India State Drops “Disastrous” Two-Child Policy
By Gudrun Schultz CHANDIGARH, India, July 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A northern Indian state has reversed a child-restriction law that barred people with more than two children from running for political office or serving as politicians. Haryana state authorities have admitted that the 2-child limit has had “disastrous” social consequences, with couples aborting third pregnancies, giving children up for adoption, or failing to register a child’s birth, Catholic World News reported yesterday. State ministers had been exerting pressure on the government to make the change. An effort to overturn the ban in 2004 failed when the Supreme Court upheld an […]
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