Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has called for measures to “regulate” the birth rate in the country. There is no absolute right to have children, he claimed.
Sisi made his remarks on Tuesday during the first Global Congress on Population, Health and Development, which is being hosted in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital from 5-8 September.
He was responding to Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, who said that it is a “matter of freedom” so the state cannot impose a limit on how many children a family can have.
