Q: It is unfortunate for a country, specially for the poor and women, that whenever any kind of disincentive – even of the mildest nature such as debarring a person with more than two children from contesting any local body election – is introduced to promote family planning, there are always some activists and organizations who unnecessarily oppose the measures without realizing that the voluntary family planning programmes area miserable flop as clearly highlighted by the national family health surveys. Which of the following if true would strengthen the author’s contention?

• 1
  Percentage of rural women voluntarily seeking family planning services in government health centre facilities has drastically come down over the last decade.
• 2
  One child policy on China, where employees with more than one child are discriminated against, has been very effective in controlling their population.
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  ) Activists and organization which seem to advocate civil rights issues typically have their own vested interests and hidden agendas.
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  Punitive measures are the best deterrents for refraining people from committing deeds which adversely affect the society at large
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  None of these