The Chinese Communist Party will Never Abandon Coercive Population Control

Photo: EPA "Family Planning” in China Is Social Control, Masquerading as Population Control  Author’s Note: This is the first in a four-part series of opinion pieces on the reasons that the Chinese Communist Party will never abandon coercive population control. Xinhua News Agency reported on October 29 that China will move to a two-child policy for all couples. This move replaces the 2014 change that enabled couples to have a second child if one member of the couple is an only child. Newspaper headlines heralded the change as the “end” or “abandonment” of the One Child Policy. Not so. Coercion is the core of the policy. Instituting a two-child policy will not end forced abortion or forced sterilization. As blind activist Chen Guangcheng succinctly tweeted: This is nothing to be happy about. First the #CCP would kill any baby after one. Now they will kill any baby after two. #ChinaOneChildPolicy The Chinese Communist Party will never end coercive population control, because coercive population is keeping it in place. Read More YES, I WANT TO HELP END GENDERCIDE AND FORCED ABORTION IN CHINA! Your donation enables Women’s Rights Without Frontiers to continue to be a voice for the voiceless women and children of China. This huge effort comes at a cost. We need your support. Please give as generously as you can. Every donation makes a difference!   P.O. Box 54401 | San Jose, CA 95154 www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org