What would you think if someone told you that you weren't allowed to exercise one of your basic human rights? How would you feel if someone told you that you weren't allowed to have another child? Many people would be outraged. China is a country with a severe over population problem. In order to combat the problem, the Chinese government has instituted family planning policies which regulate citizens' permission to have multiple children. Before one jumps to the conclusion that family planning inhibits people's rights, it is necessary to fully understand the benefits it has had on China's overpopulation problem. Family planning is justified because it has effectively regulated over-rapid population growth, promoted positive changes in people's thoughts on marriage, birth and family, and has aided development of China's economy and living standards.

For those unfamiliar with the family planning regulations, the following is taken from a U.S. Department of State report, released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor: The State Family Planning Commission formulates and implements policies with assistance from the Family Planning Association, which has 83 million members

In a report released by the Information Office of the State Council in China, it it written that "...because China's current population and family planning program and policies have won understanding and support from the people, the fertility level of the population has steadily reduced and the trend of over-rapid population growth has been effectively checked along with the country's economic and social development [which has also been checked effectively]." (China State Council, 1). It becomes apparent in these two reports that family planning has effectively reduced the over-rapid population growth rate in Chinese communities.

Family planning has, last but not least, aided in development of China's economy and living standards. China's main goals in family planning, with respect to the economy, is to make the speed of population growth lower than the speed of gross national product growth, thus eventually raising the per-capita level. The following statistics, given in the report from the State Council of China, will illustrate this fact:

Family planning has, since its very beginning, regulated over-rapid population growth in China. The idea behind family planning is that couples should have only one child, thus reducing the birth rate that reached as high as 5.8 children per couple in the 1970's. Since 1987, China has had various regulations regarding family planning, but they have all steered toward the policy that only one child be born per couple, with exceptions in rural areas.

In the period between 1952 and 1978, the Gross Domestic product (GDP) increased 4.7 fold. However, the per-capita GDP increased only 2.8 fold. Between 1978 and 1994, China persisted in doing a good job with family plan

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