After years of following the Old Russian born doctrine of encouraging its citizens to have more children to live a better future The People’s Republic of China drastically shifted gears in 1973 and began warning people of the impending doom caused by out of control population growth. One cannot debate that controlled population growth is a negative ambition however; it is all in how you control that growth.
As it stands now a Chinese nationals must obtain permission to be married as well as have a child. This seems to go against the fundamental human right to procreate. Furthermore almost all couples are not allowed to have more than 1 child. This policy of course could be extremely detrimental to the rural economy that requires the extra help of the children to work the fields and support their parents in retirement. Who will supp
In addition forced abortion cannot even be considered the most sinful act-taking place in China as a result of the one child policy. Most Chinese families have a strong desire to have sons to continue the family line and so that he can support the family in the future. With the one child policy in affect some Chinese families that give birth to a daughter will perform infanticide or simply abandon the girl. The U.S. census bureau estimates the infant mortality rate is 1.65 times higher for girls in China than Boys.
This policy has littered Chinas rice fields with dead baby girls and has cause great physical and emotional trauma to many women. This has all been in the name f socio- economic growth. But who ever said you could put a price on a human life.
ort these farmers when they can no longer work? Even more drastic is the affect this policy
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