The population of earth has a current growth rate of 1.7% and is potentially infinite (Johnston). The land and resources of earth is undeniably limited and being used up hastily everyday. Therefore, it is easy to comprehend how

overpopulation is an extremely complicated problem, and why every country is trying to find a solution.

Many countries have started to rely on forced birth control policies to alleviate this ever-growing predicament. Forced birth control includes forced sterilization, forced abortion, and populat

Furthermore, besides having to pay extreme fines that they may never be able to afford, they are also being mistreated and looked down upon when they do not follow the laws of their country. It will only be a matter of time before these people get tired of this subjugation and rise up against the government, like the African Americans in the time of Dr. King and segregation.

In the past few decades, China’s suicide rates in women have increased and become more commonplace. “Some 500 Chinese women take their life everyday, giving China the highest rate of female suicide on the planet. The most populous nation, China has 21 percent of the world’s women, but claims almost 56 percent of all female suicides. China is the only country where more women commit suicide than men” (Kelley). Of course the country’s birth control policy is not fully to blame for these deaths, as China has always held women in oppression and seen them as less valuable than men. However, one can attribute a large part of these suicides to this policy. “Critics say China’s family-planning policy has worsened the problem [of suicide in women]” (Kelley). Women have an innate instinct since birth to bear children. If this were not the case, the human race would have become extinct many years ago. To try to “control” these instincts will only lead to frustration and

ion control policies limiting the number of children a couple can have. For example, China has a one child per family policy, with extreme penalties for any couples that break this rule. How is this policy enforced? “The policy is enforced with mandatory insertion of intrauterine devices (IUDs), coercive sterilization and coercive abortion” (Jeffrey). What are the penalties for breaking thi

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