The family planning program employed by India in the 1970s consisted basically of
A) forced sterilization of women after their second child.
B) forced sterilization of men, fining, and imprisonment.
C) mass distribution of birth control devices for men and women.
D) mass distribution of the birth control pill to women of childbearing age.

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In the 1970s, India implemented a controversial family planning program that included forced sterilization of men, particularly during the Emergency period under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's government.

The Family Planning Program Employed by India in the 1970s