Made to Order, Left to RotHow a birth mandate created a generation of orphans.

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When Rewards Backfire

This story reveals the devastating human cost of a state's attempt at demographic engineering. In 1966, Romania's government outlawed contraception and abortion to boost the population. The policy led to a surge in births, but impoverished families were unable to cope. Thousands of children were abandoned to state-run orphanages, where neglect and abuse created a humanitarian crisis and inflicted lifelong trauma on an entire generation.