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When the Breeding Has to Stop

Horizon

Run Time: 60 mins

Air Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1973

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BBC Two

Season 10 - Episode 6

When the Breeding Has to Stop

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How easy is it to get sterilized? Should there be abortion on demand? Do we need a free contraceptive service? Our average family size is 2.5. To avoid a social and population crisis it needs to be 2.1. Aberdeen, one of the few cities to have a fully comprehensive family planning service, has already successfully cut its birth rate. The Government plan to withdraw this kind of free service. But, in the light of Aberdeen's success, should the Government be made to reconsider?

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