Population Control

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to limit expanding populations. However, the obsession with producing male offspring is a big handicap of the one child policy. Many parents abandon newborn girls or terminate their pregnancy’s when they find out they are having a girl, because they hoped for a boy. China has a history of favoring males because it is an agricultural country, and more hands in the fields are wanted. Parents also wanted boys because when they are old and retired, males would settle close to their parents and bring home larger wages than the females.
Although, a One Child rule might seem drastic to us Americans, and a violation of our human rights, we do need to understand that without population control, we will not be able to support our exploding population. In many countries like Africa, people are poor and starving because of severe over population problems. Disease spreads through over populated areas, and malnutrition is a major factor in these areas. “Under-nutrition is the ...

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