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this problem, China’s government started the “One-Child Policy” in 1979 with an aim to prevent an overpopulation disaster and to put an end to this problem. This policy is a part of the family planning program and is an extreme measure to stop its rapid expanding society. It mainly limits couples to have only one child each. According to the Chinese government, 400 millions births were prevented after implementing the policy. China initiated the One-Child policy with good intention, however,…

China’s One-Child Policy There are around 318 million people in just the United States alone. If you take time to look around you during the day, you can see the damage we have done, and what we will continue to do as the US continues to fill with more people every day. The fact of the matter is the United States of America is practically overpopulated. With every new person we lose recourses and cause pollution. China’s one-child policy helped them with their overpopulation problem, it was a…

China’s One Child Policy may have benefited them financially, but did not the lower or social economy as a whole.Fertility rates were also proven to have lowered from 4 or 5 kids to 1. It did help them reach their goal of reducing the population but it also had its disastrous side effects. China’s One Child Policy was a bad idea because it lead to children becoming spoiled ( Document D), Children having to help their parents during their old age ( Document B), and a Male Dominant Population.…

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…

Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon use Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony to argue that the church has been called on by God to be what they call a “unique colony” within today’s world, and not a social group who makes their decision based on society’s opinions. The authors chose to use the metaphor of a colony to symbolize that although the church is part of the state its first priority is God and his will, rather than the governments. The second metaphor the authors chose to…

suicidal.” This can be interpreted to mean that overpopulation, especially in poorer countries, is damaging to society. Overpopulation can have detrimental effects, therefore, the country of India could benefit from a system similar to that of the One-Child Policy presented in China. India currently is under distress due to their high population. Their overpopulation impacts are worse than China’s. Eighty percent of India’s population is living on…

The first and most profound critic of the policy is that it has highly compromised the morals of the Chinese people. It has been evidently witnessed that the policy has increased the number of abortions in the nation. It is worth noting here that abortion is a social crime of killing the unborn. It is thus a compromise of a nation’s provision on human rights that a nation can impose a law that threatens the life of its people (Chang, 2008). The law has also been found to encourage…

from the old one-child policy, implemented after the rule of Mao Zedong. Since the population is 1.3 billion, we should not expect to see a lot of changes. Steven Jiang, a sociologist, said that the policy will affect 100 million couples and it is likely that twenty-three million more births will occur under the new policy. Although China has allowed people to have more choices in their lives, the one-child policy will not help many people. After Zedong’s rule, China had a strict one-child…

teachings that I am exposed to contradicts the teachings from my personal faith. Some of these would include the debate about the origin of life or the controversial political issues that concerns what is morally right and what is logically necessary. One of the most controversial topics that causes these inner conflicts is abortion. Personally, I believe that life is extremely precious. As a future health care provider, I believe that…

China being the most populated country in the world, makes having the One Child Policy easy to keep it from getting overpopulated and crowded. The one child policy was formally instituted 35 years ago on September 25, 1980. All over the world, many people get to choose the size of their family, as for china they are restricted by different beliefs of children. Populations are still rising rapidly for china but they are making an effort by attempting to enforce this policy. There are good things…