By making it almost impossible to have children they have shot themselves in the foot, as they will have fewer serfs moving forward. Even feudal lords understood their serfs needed to be able to afford children (and children also helped with work, I see they want to reinstate that) so that someone can inherit the land and continue working on it.
Just thinking about how short sighted this forced suffering is, in a time of overabundance is, makes me puke.