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Ones Not Enough Maneet Kalirai The one child policy is a horrible law. The one child policy was instituted on September 25, 1980 in China a little more than 34 years ago. The one child policy limits every family to having one child only, to reduce population growth. There are endless reasons on why the one child policy is a very negative law. Gender inequalities, forced abortions, and not enough young people to take care of the elderly are just some of the many problems with the one child policy. The one child policy is one of the most ridiculous things that has ever happened. Gender inequality is a huge effect that the one child policy has. In China the women will continue to be looked as the lower sex. Many couples that have a baby girl abandon or kill the child. This then creates a gender imbalance. More males are born than females. This leads to women being bought by men for marriage. Gender inequality is a serious problem that is created by the one child policy. …show more content…

In 1968 the proclamation of the International Conference on Human Rights revealed that parents have the right to determine responsibly and freely the spacing and the number of children. After the execution of the one child policy a lot of local governments demanded abortions once pregnancies violated local regulations. For example in July 2012 a 23-year-old mother was pregnant with her second child. When local officials arrested her she was seven months into her pregnancy. The local officials demanded her family to pay a $6,000 fine for violating the one child policy. When the family couldn't get enough money together she was given an injections that killed the baby. This is one of the many gruesome abortions that has taken place because of the one child

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