Demographics of T2K Poland

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Originally Posted by Raellus

I hate to go there, but I think rape would be unfortunately common in Poland c.2000. I know that Poland is traditionally very Catholic, but I wonder if abortion would be more common c.2000. With limited proper medical care available, abortions would likely cause quite a lot of patient (i.e. mother) deaths.

Either way, I reckon that there would be a lot of single mothers in Poland, c.2000.

A lack of effective contraception, the strong Catholic faith, the high rates of rape, all would contribute to high pregnancy rates among young women in T2K Poland. But I strongly suspect miscarriages would be pretty common too, for all sorts of reasons (chemical strikes, chemical spills, bad drinking water, various environmental contaminants, disease, malnourishment, little or no pre-natal care). And of those pregnancies that do reach full term there'd be high rates of birth defects.

Being a woman in T2K Poland would suck.