Anti-natalist and Pro-natalist

Anti-natalist case study - China

• A huge population growth in the mid-20th century led to a series of famines
• In 1979, China established the "One Child Policy" which encourages people to have one child only. It would also penalise people who decided to have more than one child.
• How it works...
  • Incentives given for having just one child:
    • cash bonuses
    • longer maternity leave
    • better childcare
    • preferential access to housing
  • Young people persuaded to delay marriage
  • Pressure for abortion of 'unauthorised' pregnancies.
  • Easy access to contraception and encouragement of post-pregnancy sterilisation
  • 'Forced' sterilisation of couples who have more than one child.
• Overall, the One Child Policy has been successful and the birth rate and population growth rate have both…