One Child Policy

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How would you feel to be a mother and find out you are expecting your second child, but can not have it because your right to bear a second child has been revoked. How would you react? How would you handle your crisis? This is something that women in China go through and something that women in the United States might have to go through as well if our country becomes overpopulated. Although there are credible arguments to support each side of the debate, it is clearly inappropriate for the government to enact a one-child legislation in order to control the population. The one child policy has caused many controversies over the years. (According to CNN.com) In recent years, there have been sensational news stories of women forced to end their

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