The One Child Policy Overpopulation has been a global problem for decades. Medical advances have allowed people to live longer and have multiple births, which are just some of the factors that contribute to this social problem. Many countries have attempted to combat this problem, but none as intensely as China. China allows the government to have full control over family planning to help reduce the population. In 1979, China created a policy called the “One Child Law” that limits couples to having only one child. Although the Chinese government hopes to curb the population boom and benefit society, the one-child policy has morally questionable results and negative impacts on Chinese society, which should be changed. China originally created this policy to control the nation's population with the hopes of stopping population expansion. spread poverty. People alone could not solve the problem, so the government decided to intervene, creating the one-child policy. The law was established by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1979 to limit China's population growth and preserve resources. The one-child policy was designed to be temporary; however, it continues to this day. The policy limits couples to having only one child. Consequences such as: fines, pressure to terminate a pregnancy and even forced sterilization accompanied a second or subsequent pregnancies (Rosenberg). Initially the policy was more like a voluntary agreement; where families who decided to have only one child would get all the benefits for that child. Couples with two children would get the same benefits as those with one child if it were authorized by the government. However, couples who decide to have a third child would face penalties. Couples who had more than two children had to read...... half of the paper ......on the text. Network. March 22, 2011.Littlejohn, Reggie. Diane Kinderwater. China's one-size-fits-all policy. KCHF. TV-11. Santa Fe, New Mexico. October 29, 2010. Television.Milwertz, Cecilia Nathansen. Accepting population control: Urban Chinese women and the one-child family policy. London: Curzon, 1996. Print.Rosenberg, Matt. “China's One-Child Policy – ​​Overview of China's One-Child Policy.” Geography Home Page - Geography on About.com. 02 March 2011. Web. 08 August 2011..“The world needs mothers.” Christian Science Monitor September 28, 2010. Gale Student ResourcesIn Context. Network. March 22, 2011.Wu, Harry. “China's one-child policy has violated human rights.” China. Ed. David M Haugen.Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2001. Opposing Viewpoints. Gale Opposing views in context. Network. April 5. 2011.