Why do dictatorships like to restrict reproductive rights?

The State Duma is considering a bill banning “propaganda of conscious refusal to bear children.” How do autocracies try to take control of our personal lives? And why is such pressure increasing in Putin’s Russia? In the What Happened podcast we talk about this with gender researcher, activist Sasha Talaver and historian Ella Rossman. How to support Meduza <a href="https://mdza.io/dOANVOeTWQU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://mdza.io/dOANVOeTWQU</a> Telegram channel of Sasha Talaver: <a href="https://t.me/bessmertnyipol" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://t.me/bessmertnyipol</a> Ella Rossman Telegram channel: <a href="https://t.me/towardtheterra" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://t.me/towardtheterra</a> 0:00 What kind of ban is this? 03:00 Exploitation of the theme 08:23 Power and personal life 32:07 Society&#039;s reaction 38:29 About the song “Childfree”