A Look at China’s Family Planning Policy

Thursday, 19 November 2009, 10:30 | Category : International Issues
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President Obama spoke with groups and leaders in China this week about a host of topics. One issue that some people would like Obama to address is the country’s controversial One-Child Policy. This is China’s attempt to curb population growth by limiting the number of children per family among the ethnic majority. This policy is [...]

Can Birth Control Combat Global Warming?

Whenever you bring up the issue of government-imposed birth restrictions (such as the One Child Policy in China), the immediate reaction from both sides of the political spectrum is condemnation. But there is the very practical matter of population growth to consider. As Andrea so aptly pointed out in her post about the Duggars last [...]