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Iran bans vasectomies and contraceptives to improve birth rate
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jun 15, 2020 01:15pm |
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| Author | Michael Safi |
| News Date | Monday, June 15, 2020 07:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Iran’s state hospitals and clinics are no longer performing vasectomies or giving out contraceptives in an attempt to revive flagging population growth, a senior health official has told state media.
Iranian women were now having 1.7 children on average, well below the 2.2 required to maintain the population, Hamed Barakati, director general of the Ministry of Health’s Office of Population and Family Health, told the Islamic Republic News Agency in an interview on Sunday. On current trends about a third of the country would be over 60 years old by 2050. “Whether we like it or not … we will become an ageing country,” he said.
Family planning procedures and products would continue to be available from pharmacies and private hospitals, however, and in public hospitals to women whose life was at risk, Barakati said. |
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