Call for compulsory contraception

Council officials in Rotterdam are discussing a highly controversial report suggesting ‘unsuitable mothers’ should be forced to have a contraceptive injection, the AD reports on Tuesday.


The biggest opposition party Leefbaar Rotterdam backs compulsory contraception, the ruling Labour party has not taken a formal standpoint and the Christian Democrats are opposed, the paper says.

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