China's One Birth Murder Policy

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often wanted more than females, for males can do the work in the fields. If there is a chance a baby might be a female, it will either be killed or the parents may hide the child from the authorities. Even so, the females that are kept are usually not treated well. In times of famine, a male will be fed over a female, and when seeking a job, the men are more likely to be successful in locating jobs. Women are often sold to men as wives or get involved in the large pool of prostitution rings in Chinese cities. If things continue as they are, in the future there will be so few women in China that the family planning program will need to be reversed. Instead, there will be a need for a population growth program.
China's one birth policy makes the government seem more like a totalitarian government, taking away many of the natural rights Chinese citizens once had. Any human being should have the right to reproduce. One of the reasons we are living today is because the number ...

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