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China’s One-Child Policy

China’s One-Child Policy. Sarah LeGare Christina Rhein Jillian Quarne. Reasons for Endorsement. Population control Regulation of resources Industry Agriculture Science & technology Defense. Billboard promoting the One-Child Policy. The Policy: Rules and Guidelines.

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China’s One-Child Policy

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  1. China’s One-Child Policy Sarah LeGare Christina Rhein Jillian Quarne

  2. Reasons for Endorsement • Population control • Regulation of resources • Industry • Agriculture • Science & technology • Defense Billboard promoting the One-Child Policy

  3. The Policy: Rules and Guidelines • Signing the agreement • Special circumstances • Birth defects • Marriage circumstances • Rural vs. Urban • Gender of the first born

  4. The Policy: Benefits/Motivations • Economic: wage supplements • Housing: preference, living space • Medical care: free until 14 years • Education: priority, free • Old age benefits: supplementary pension, standard of living • Maternity leave allowance: 54 days with full work pay, nutrition subsidy • Sterilization rewards after first child

  5. The Policy: Consequences • Gender imbalance • Gender inequality • Human reproductive rights • Mother’s health • Forced abortion • Involuntary sterilization • Carrying family lineage • Psychology of children

  6. Violation of the Policy • Economic losses • Reduction in grain rations • Limitation on land and agriculture resources • Ineligibility of promotion for 4 years • Reduction in wages • Medical care and education costs • Medical care and education priority

  7. Alternatives • Later-Longer-Fewer Policy • Later marriage, longer spacing between subsequent births, fewer children • The Two Child Policy • Free contraception

  8. Political & Ethical Views • Western culture views on the policy • U.S. stops funding • Compare and contrast benefits of U.S. vs. China • Only-child treatment and care

  9. Effects on Women • Militia force if women do not show up on time for abortion/sterilization • High suicide rates • Abuse/murder if women is suspected to carry a girl • Cultural belief: women thought to determine sex of the baby Women in China riot over one-child policy.

  10. The Big Question • After hearing some pros and cons of the policy, do you think it should continue to be enforced in China? Why? Why not?

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