China is ending a decades-long tax exemption on contraceptives to push up its birth rate. Experts say the change could leave women and young people more vulnerable.

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    3 hours ago

    Too bad that that’s not profitable in the short term. It used to be just less profitable than exploitation, but it was ignored long enough that it’s now unprofitable, because we ruined everything so much that we need to invest into fixing it first.