How much of this is population control and how much is actual protection of children? Like don't get me wrong, I genuinely don't know about this and the article does not tell me enough about the proposed bills. All I know from my life in the west (I simply don't know enough to judge the rest of the world), "protecting the children" has been a tool for extending surveillance.
In the meanwhile we have gutted education, social services and health services. More and more children live in poverty. Living in poverty increases the likelihood of abuse but doing something for real costs money, which our governors like to spend otherwise...