The case of a forced abortion once again calls into question the Chinese policy that forces couples to have a single child
Original article: only child: law or necessity
Opinion – The Accent. Politicians and demographers agree: China's one-child strategy has been a success. If it weren't for her, China would now welcome 400 millions more human beings; that is to say, would be touching the 1.800 Millions of inhabitants. A demographic explosion has been avoided that would have brought many headaches to a country that is getting richer by the day and, second economic power, It already has millions of millionaires and is the factory and financier of the world. However, as Human Rights organizations have always warned, behind the big statistics there are dramas that are increasingly difficult to hide. That's why, The population seems determined to stand up to a policy that has also generated a lot of suffering.
The forced abortion of a seven-month pregnant woman has been the straw that broke the camel's back. Doctors warn that these forced interruptions are not extraordinary, but now the Chinese are more demanding and press by all means, including social media, for leaders to review their strategies.
The one-child policy, established in 1978, produces clear injustices. The first, that the rich can break the bullfighting rule by paying the corresponding fine. The second, that selective abortion continues to be so widespread to the point that today, against natural laws, these 50 millions more Chinese men than Chinese women. The third and most important of all is the impossibility of most couples to freely choose the size of the families they found.. In the Chinese case, Only women who are only children are exempt from the prohibition of having a second child., the peasants and the divorced.
The paradox arises that despite such a strict rule that the Chinese authorities established on a temporary basis, Chinese fertility rate is not the lowest in the world. In fact, its ratio is in 1,54 children per woman of childbearing age; above, For example, of the Spanish (1,47), which leads to a curious situation: although for completely different reasons, Chinese and Spanish women agree that they do not have much room to create large families.
