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Originally Posted by RT14
Again, long time ago and while teaching English to children a few years back here, I met more than a hundred families with more than 1 child. Even my wife's low income brother and his wife have two children and they have yet to be imprisoned for it. Don't think it's quite as serious as you make it out to be there Mr. Misinformation.
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It is definitely not as harsh as stated. I believe that the 2nd child results in a fine and also is not permitted for social services (i.e. subsidized education and etc.). If you're wealthy you can really have as many as you want, as long as you can support them. I only know of one extreme case where a coworker's mother-in-law was forced to get her tubes tied upon having her 5th child (she kept trying to get a boy and she eventually did). But it still didn't result in imprisonment.
One quirky law however, is the fining of women who conceive without getting married. Basically if you're not married and you're found to have child the woman get's slapped with a fine (presumably, because it's pretty definitive evidence that it's her's and the male portion of the crime will/should at some point will bare some of the responsibility). But who are we to talk when we live in a society where you can sue for burning yourself with hot coffee.