for My new blog for population issues I will talk about china one child policy. The one child policy introduced in 1979. It was put into affect by the chinas government to control the population of china and the birth rate. Over of course of the 35 years that the one child policy has been in affect there has been a lot of debate over if the policy should be abolish or if the it should stay in affect. For this blog I will give arguments for and against the one child policy and then I will give my own option on the one child policy and if I think it should be abolish or not.
At first thought the one child policy sounds like a terrible Idea. If we start to think about when it comes to population problems it could solve the worlds population problem. In 2013 China is ranked number one when it comes to population in the world china population was estimated at around 1.357 billion people. The one child policy has prevented 400 million births. In 1980 China Fertility rates were at 2.73 percent. Now china fertility rate is at 1.61 percent. China is estimated to have no population growth between the years of 2025 and 2050.
What type of harm has the one child policy done to china s people. Thanks to the one child policy there has been a large increase in the number of abortions. In one year China produces over 13 million abortions a year. That means there is over 1500 abortions per hour in China everyday. Not only that Since 1971 China,s doctors have sterilized 196 million men and women. Under the one child policy there have been over 336 million abortions in the 35 years that the policy has been in affect. One other problem that the policy has made is the number of old people to the number of children in the country is now a problem. Over 13.3 percent of the population of China are over the age of 60 while the population of children under 14 is only 6 percent. Now because of this China is experiencing a shortage of workers because of the family size.
One child policy has created a lot of problems and its has also prevent future problems in China. All thou I can see the that the policy has done some good when it came to maintaining the population I feel that the One child Policy should be abolished in China. I personally think it is unfair that so many families are forced to abort there baby. It should be up to the family on how many kids they want. A government policy should not be allowed to make the chose for them.
At first thought the one child policy sounds like a terrible Idea. If we start to think about when it comes to population problems it could solve the worlds population problem. In 2013 China is ranked number one when it comes to population in the world china population was estimated at around 1.357 billion people. The one child policy has prevented 400 million births. In 1980 China Fertility rates were at 2.73 percent. Now china fertility rate is at 1.61 percent. China is estimated to have no population growth between the years of 2025 and 2050.
What type of harm has the one child policy done to china s people. Thanks to the one child policy there has been a large increase in the number of abortions. In one year China produces over 13 million abortions a year. That means there is over 1500 abortions per hour in China everyday. Not only that Since 1971 China,s doctors have sterilized 196 million men and women. Under the one child policy there have been over 336 million abortions in the 35 years that the policy has been in affect. One other problem that the policy has made is the number of old people to the number of children in the country is now a problem. Over 13.3 percent of the population of China are over the age of 60 while the population of children under 14 is only 6 percent. Now because of this China is experiencing a shortage of workers because of the family size.
One child policy has created a lot of problems and its has also prevent future problems in China. All thou I can see the that the policy has done some good when it came to maintaining the population I feel that the One child Policy should be abolished in China. I personally think it is unfair that so many families are forced to abort there baby. It should be up to the family on how many kids they want. A government policy should not be allowed to make the chose for them.