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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 37, No. 7. April, 17 1974

6) "The population will decline—the labour force will be depleted"

6) "The population will decline—the labour force will be depleted"

The comparison with Nazi Germany is more apt here. Women's rights are to be subordinated to what is claimed to be "the interests of the nation"! With precisely such philosophy did Hitler found his repressive regime.

There are more rational and humane ways to ensure a productive society than arbitrarily raising or lowering the population level. The idea of claiming population considerations to refuse a women the right not to have a child is as obnoxious as the idea of using that excuse to refuse her right to have a child. We would protest just as strongly if the tables were turned and women were being forced to have abortions. Freedom of choice is our major concern, not which of these choices is made.