One Child Policy

One child Policy Implemented in China In 1979, a one-child policy was introduced to control China’s growing population and reduce the damage on scarce resources. Despite its success on curbing their population and lowering the demand on resources, it’s important that the one child policy comes to an end. It’s the 21st century and a restriction on family size is archaic, ruthless as well as demeaning to human rights. How will the country be successful as a whole with such harsh regulations on its own public? Additionally the policy achieves many unconstructive outcomes, which outweigh all benefits presented. For example, there is a decline of the younger generation, so with the shortage of adolescents it goes hand in hand with the shortages in labor; and in my opinion China is built on the idea of industrialization and having cheap labor. Therefore, a decline in the work force could prevent the nation from having its ambitious economic growth.
In order to address overpopulation, the one child policy was brought about to promote one-child families in every household. There are some exceptions where “the government limits most urban couples to one child, and allows two children for rural families if their firstborn is a girl.” (N.P 1) But despite the very few exceptions the one child policy is still extremely demanding and cruel to the citizens. Shouldn’t they have their own right to decide the amount of children they want to bear? It is quite a debatable policy because it carries much success in modernization but has brought about very strict requirements. The population has been significantly curbed that is extremely vital because it’s leading to a less demand of natural resources; however forcing the public of China to abort their second child without any hesitation fuels public anger and dislike. Failure to do so can lead to many consequences such as being rejected from your neighborhood, beaten by the police, fined with thousands of dollars and the