DECREE NO. 770 OF 1966 FROM THE FEMININE PERSPECTIVE. THE IMPACT ON THE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
DECREE NO. 770 OF 1966 FROM THE FEMININE PERSPECTIVE. THE IMPACT ON THE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Author(s): Nina-Florentina CristeaSubject(s): Gender Studies, History of Law, History of ideas, Political history, Social history, Gender history, Demography and human biology, History of Communism, Philosophy of Law, Sociology of Law
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: abortion; comparative approach; diary; family planning; interview;
Summary/Abstract: The meeting of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party, on August 2d, 1966, debated a demographic study drawn up by a commission led by the Minister of Health, Voinea Marinescu. Alexandru Drăghici supported the idea that the Decree no. 463 of September 30, 1957, in force and legalizing abortion on demand, encouraged debauchery and opposed traditional family values. In order to stimulate the birth rate, it was proposed to increase the number of places in nurseries. Nicolae Ceaușescu, more radical, stated that the said law promoted prostitution and a high rate of divorces. This article displays a presentation of the women’s situation in communist Romania, within the context of the Ceausescu regime’s pro-natality policy and also before this period of time. We do compare the women’s real situation with the presentation of the official discourse in antithesis with the everyday reality. The research includes the period 1966-1989 when the Decree 770/1966 was applied and there are also references to the period before 1966, for a more accurate picture regarding the pro-natality issue, the evolution of the birth rate, the family planning.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 33
- Page Range: 591-596
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English