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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei with wife #3) |
...The framework of legislation that would ban abortions, vasectomies, tubectomies, and any form of sterilization passed. Convicted offenders would face lengthy prison terms. Also included in the bill was a prohibition on any advertisement that promotes decreases in the birth rate.
Lawmakers have not yet clarified who will be punished -- health care providers or patients who choose to undertake these procedures.
(This item is a month and a half old, but is suddenly trending because
the Guardian just noticed it. The Washington Post had it in June.)
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