Russia wants female prisoners to give birth as population fears grow

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.world – 548 points –
Russia wants female prisoners to give birth as population fears grow
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 A member of the Russian State Duma has proposed releasing women convicted of minor charges from prisons so they can conceive

Literally nobody here has read the article and it shows

This is the same country that decriminalized Domestic Violence leading to a fall in reporting from women as a result.

People who haven't read the article aside: I do not believe the Russian State member has women's best interest in mind with this proposal.

I'm not making any claim as to the rationality of the Russian State member. The Duma has some crazies, just like Congress does. They don't speak for the entire country, though.

I'll agree to that partially. Unless the proposal actually passes it's just the shitty legislating of another shitty government official.

I just wanted to point out the Russian States' history with women's rights; because it's not like these people gain power in a vacuum.

If article authors wanted people to understand the truth, they wouldn't title articles misleadingly.

In journalism the writers don't write the heds. That's an editor's job. It goes back to the days of print journalism when only the editor would know how many column-inches they would have for a given story on any given page. It's still industry standard for digital publishing as well.