This idea was introduced in 1979 because of environmental and social issues. It was said that from the time it started to 2009, there were 200 million children that weren't born because of this policy. This policy is very controversial because it has lead to abortions and the possible cause of gender imbalance.
In the letter I wrote that talked about this, she said her parents had to pay extra money to have another child. She was the first child and they had to pay for her brother because of the family planning. Many people that I read about have such small families. I never knew it was because of this family planning policy.
I chose this topic because I found it extremely interesting. The fact that they have to pay for other children is strange to me. Here we can have as many kids as we want, often too many. I think it would be so weird to live somewhere where the population is so high that we have to limit the number of kids one can have. I can't believe they have so many issues that are related to their population. I couldn't imagine living in a place with that many people. I would probably feel so clasterphobic 24/7. I feel sad for them that people can't have brothers and sisters unless they can afford it. Or they never experience that because of where they live. I understand why they do it, it's obviously very nessecary. But I feel so sad for them!
I think it is a good idea for them to do this. They have so many issues with environment. They have the most pollution in the entire world and this is a direct cause of population growth. If they didn't have this policy their population would just continue to grow and the problems would increase. It's insane how many people they have, but it is definitely a need for them.
http://www.medizin-ethik.ch/publik/family_planning.htm
I wrote about the one child policy too! I found a lot of disturbing facts. I could see why it was initially a good idea, but now they are having problems with growth rates. I didn't think about the pollution aspect of things so I agree with you in that, but I still don't think that the law should be applied.
ReplyDeleteI find this topic mind blowing. The idea of having to pay money to have another child is insane. I can't imagine what that would be like. You provided a lot of good research, so great job!
ReplyDeleteI did a research paper on this topic last year for World History, and your points on very true. It's sad that something meant to benefit people ends up harming them instead.
ReplyDeleteI think this topic is really interesting. I think it's a littl sad that they can't have more children if they want. The american dream is to have a huge family and it seems strange that think other cultures do not think that way.
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