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08-31-2016, 10:31 PM
People are slamming this weird fertility campaign
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A campaign by Italy's health ministry to encourage people to procreate has been inundated by negative comments for its promotional posters — which were deemed tasteless, anachronistic and ***ist.*
The first "Fertility Day," which will be held on Sept. 22, was an**unced (http://www.salute.gov.it/portale/news/p3_2_2_1_1.jsp?lingua=italia**&menu=eventi&p=daeventi&id=431) by Italian health minister Beatrice Lorenzin in an attempt to inform the public opinion on issues such as the "danger of falling birth rates" and the "beauty of motherhood and fatherhood."
SEE ALSO: Why you should be picky when choosing a fertility app (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/which-fertility-app-is-best/)
The government also created a website (currently offline (http://www.fertilityday2016.it/)) and #FertilityGame (also offline (http://www.fertilityday2016.it/fertilitygame/)), which are both dedicated to the the initiative. The game, according to Vice (http://motherboard.vice.com/it/read/fertility-day-ministero-salute-figli?utm_source=mbtwitterit), is like a weird Space Invaders game where you use the keyboard arrows to dodge objects such as cigarettes, ******* and a syringe with an egg or a sperm.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/fertility-day-italy-posters-/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A campaign by Italy's health ministry to encourage people to procreate has been inundated by negative comments for its promotional posters — which were deemed tasteless, anachronistic and ***ist.*
The first "Fertility Day," which will be held on Sept. 22, was an**unced (http://www.salute.gov.it/portale/news/p3_2_2_1_1.jsp?lingua=italia**&menu=eventi&p=daeventi&id=431) by Italian health minister Beatrice Lorenzin in an attempt to inform the public opinion on issues such as the "danger of falling birth rates" and the "beauty of motherhood and fatherhood."
SEE ALSO: Why you should be picky when choosing a fertility app (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/which-fertility-app-is-best/)
The government also created a website (currently offline (http://www.fertilityday2016.it/)) and #FertilityGame (also offline (http://www.fertilityday2016.it/fertilitygame/)), which are both dedicated to the the initiative. The game, according to Vice (http://motherboard.vice.com/it/read/fertility-day-ministero-salute-figli?utm_source=mbtwitterit), is like a weird Space Invaders game where you use the keyboard arrows to dodge objects such as cigarettes, ******* and a syringe with an egg or a sperm.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/fertility-day-italy-posters-/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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