Sunday, May 9, 2010

Problematic Question

Should the government regulate how many kids you should have?
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  1. SelengeMay 12, 2010 at 11:15 AM

    Personally, I believe that government should not regulate how many kids we should have.
    Since we do have the right to have children, and how we raise them is up to us, should we be able to have as many children as we want? Limiting how many children one has is a form of placing restrictions on a female's reproductive rights.
    Here is also a thing that I should probably start out by asking what government, where? For instance, in my hometown, Mongolia has a population only 3 million in an area nearly the size of Western Europe. While the rest of Asia tries to limit population growth, the government of Mongolia encourages Mongols to have babies, and even they pay for it. On the other hand, the government of China strongly limits population growth. Assuming that we did restrict the number of children, what would people propose we do to those who defied the law? Could you imagine mandatory abortion clinic visits if discovered pregnant within an allotted timeframe? Reported abuses in its enforcement include bribery, coercion, forced sterilization, forced abortion, and possibly infanticide. For three decades China’s “One China” policy, which permits each woman to bear only one child (with some exceptions in rural areas), has resulted in forced abortions and sterilization (“Reach Upward”, 2005).
    In general, a family is the greatest gift given to a couple and to limit it before it begins is a great loss to parents and the child or children.

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  2. Gi-Yong RyuMay 12, 2010 at 11:59 AM

    I know that the China government enforces birth control. The population of China is over 130 million. China has many problems like housing and food because of many people. That’s why the government made this law. China is a communist country, so they can regulate people’s freedom, but how is it possible in the free and democratic countries?
    I heard that the people of the rural areas in China have many children whose birth is not registered. Because the law of the government is “One family just has one child.” If a family wanted one more child, they should pay the penalty. However, the family of the countryside needs many children to help the farm work, but they did not have money to pay the penalty.
    I remember the book, “The Giver” by Lois Lowry. This novel says a seemingly ideal world: a world without conflict, poverty, divorce, or inequality. Every family has one son and one daughter. But it was not a perfect community. Everyone has different thought and situation, it is not right to regulate childbirth.

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