Female Infanticide in China

I am fully against this issue and I believe something should be done about it. This difference in ratio refers to the fact that there was a shortfall of about 232,000 baby girls in 1981. Birth control has been suggested to the citizens, but has gone by with out much notice. 5 million baby girls were killed in the last decade alone in China (One 1). The overall goal of the one-child policy was to keep the total population within 1. The Chinese newborn male to female ratio was about 1. There were more compelling reasons for urban couples to limit the families to a single child.

The one-child policy enjoyed much greater success in urban than in rural areas. Since boys are more valued than girls, female infanticide is more commonly practiced.

Such practices, like infanticide, may be looked upon as barbaric by most; to the Chinese officials it is the only way to keep the population down to a livable rate. 085 in 1981, compared to the historical Chinese ratio of 1. ationalities was two children per couple, three in special circumstances, and no limit for ethnic groups with very small population. On some occasions the doctors may even break the newborn’s neck. In addition, because city dwellers who were employed in state enterprises receive pensions after retirement, the sex of their child was less important to them than it was in rural areas.