| 1. Title: The Chinese problem. Author: Potts M Source: World Medicine. 1983 Jun 11;18(17):33-6. Abstract: The People's Republic of China is promoting the policy of the one-child family; it is an unprecedented social experiment. Daily women come to have abortions to end second pregnancies. In 1981 in a commune of 44,000 people there were 8686 married women of reproductive age and 7294 were potentially fertile. All except 4 used a method of contraception, had accepted sterilization, or were currently pregnant; 1937 had been sterilized, 2087 wore IUDs, 2326 used oral contraceptives (OCs), 609 used condoms, and 35 used monthly injectable contraceptives. Only 9 of the men had had vasectomies. When a family signs a 1-child family certificate, they receive a monthly bonus of about 10% of their total income until the child is 14; they are also given living space equal to that of a 2-child family. In the commune monitored 2782 couples had signed the certificate. The 1-child family policy is designed to help China reach zero population growth by the year 2000. A monthly injectable contraceptive has been perfected and there are 8 years of accumulated research on a once-a-month OC, yet there are over 5.5 million legal abortions yearly. Language: English Keywords: CHINA | POPULATION POLICY | INVOLUNTARY FERTILITY CONTROL | ONE CHILD POLICY | ANTINATALIST POLICY | ZERO POPULATION GROWTH | Developing Countries | Asia, Eastern | Asia | Social Policy | Policy | Family Planning Policy | Population Size | Population Dynamics | Demographic Factors | Population Document Number: 119690 |
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