Draft legislation aimed at boosting a flagging birth rate threatens to reduce Iranian women to 'baby-making machines ' and set their rights back by decades , Amnesty International warned on Wednesday . The London-based human rights group said that a first bill , which has already been approved once by parliament , would restrict access to contraception , forcing women into unsafe backstreet abortions . It said the second draft law , which is to go before parliament next month , would close many jobs to women who choose not to or are unable to have children . Iran is seeking to double its population to 150 million by 2065 . 'The proposed laws will entrench discriminatory practices and set the rights of women and girls in Iran back by decades , ' said Amnesty 's deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa , Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui . 'The authorities are promoting a dangerous culture in which women are stripped of key rights and viewed as baby-making machines rather than human beings with fundamental rights to make choices about their own bodies and lives . ' The draft legislation comes in response to a call by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to double Iran 's population to 150 million within 50 years . Iranian officials have expressed alarm at its ageing population , with an official at the national birth registry , Mohammad Nazemi Ardekani , warning last April the population growth rate could fall to zero 'within 30 years ' . The bill , which is now undergoing amendment , would ban voluntary sterilisation and end state subsidies for contraceptive services . Draft legislation will put men and women in Iran who can have children to the top of the priority list for jobs . Amnesty said it would inevitably lead to an increase in backstreet terminations in a country where abortion is illegal except in very limited circumstances . The second bill would require both public and private employers to give priority to men and women with children when hiring for certain jobs . It would also make divorce more difficult and restrict intervention by the state in family disputes , which Amnesty said would expose women to increased risks of domestic violence . Women currently make up around 60 percent of university students in Iran and 10 percent of economically active women are employed , according to official figures .
Draft legislation aimed at reducing a flagging birth rate has come under fire . Iran is seeking to increase its population to 150million by 2065 . It wants to restrict # ##s and prioritise abortion for the fertile . Amnesty says the laws will set rights of women back home .