In Kligman’s Political Demography: The Banning of Abortion in Ceacescu’s Romania, how were women’s bodies policed under the reproduction policies? What did women do when abortion was criminalized?

The government banned and criminalized abortions which led to a growing number of illegal abortions. Women were closely observed by the gynecologists who served to police women’s bodies.

As a consequence, women feared potential motherhood, and those that were compelled to bear children frequently abandoned them, resulting in the establishment of state-run orphanages and institutions. Furthermore, the estate’s living circumstances worsened significantly, and many families’ inability to rear multiple children led to a rise in the number of orphaned children.

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