The Controversy Of Population Control In China

Population control: a policy of attempting to limit the growth of the population by programmes, contraceptives, or sterilization. Population control: a policy attempting to save the world from its own destruction. Population control: a policy attempting to fix an issue that needed to be addressed long ago. Although there are credible arguments to support each side of the debate, it is clearly inappropriate for the government to enact one-child legislation in order to control the population. One reason this policy is seen as inappropriate is because statistics show that the sex ratio is disrupted. Statistics have proven that when the single law policy was put in place in China, a couple preferred to have a male child. According to Connett, this has made the male to female ratio 117.2 males to every 100 females. In China, the parents’ believe that a male child has a higher money making potentials and will provide labor. This imbalance is also due to the parents’ desire to have their last name carried on; this has led to an increase in abortions. Women in China are being forced to have abortions because they want to have a male child, or they already had one child. The

For example, in China, the workforce decreased by over 2.4 million in only thirty- five years (Connett). As the population ages, the elderly are no longer able to provide the work labor needed to support the country’s needs. This creates a problem for the economy; without enough young adults to take the places of their elders, the economy cannot function. To eliminate the problems that were caused by this strict policy, it would have needed to be enacted before the population began to spiral out of control. Although the one-child only policy has created an imbalance in the sex ratio, an increase in abortions and a dwindling workforce, it also has some