2010/07/27 18:18:19
Cons
1st Statement:
It will start with a one child policy and then does that mean you have to be sterilized once you’ve had one child? What if the child passes away, and you have no chance of having another? So that means no sterilization. But what if birth control fails and you accidently fall pregnant again? Does that mean you have to abort the child?
The one child policy might work in theory but in practice it’s too much like a dictatorship; the only reason it works so well in China is because that China is able to control the movement and the actions of its inhabitants. In Western society however there would be a huge uproar as the one-child policy would mean an end to freedom of choice. It’s just not going to happen.
2nd Statement:
Unplanned pregnancies happen. They happen with IUD’s and with birth control pills. Many women, including pro-choice women, strongly believe that abortion is murder. Forcing abortion on such women would be a violation of their body and their values. Further, if you tax families that have more than one child, you’re essentially punishing the child for the sins of the parent. (p.g. you’re lowering their standard of living as punishment for being born.) That hardly seems fair.
3rd Statement:
Allow society to have unlimited access to reliable birth control; Encourage women to go to college and have careers. We’ve already seen negative population growth in countries that follow that type of policy. Japan can’t get its people to reproduce enough to sustain their economy. The same holds true for many European countries. There’s no need to violate people’s right to their bodies in order to control human population. Social factors already serve as a regulating force.