Stories tagged with: one-child policy

• FIRST-PERSON: Still coercive -- China's two-child policy

  by Penna Dexter, posted Wednesday, December 02, 2015 (8 years ago)

  China's new two-child policy exerts the same coercion of families as the former one-child policy, columnist Penna Dexter writes, underscoring the need for the dawning of freedom and sanctity of life in the communist giant. Read More

• China population policies still coercive, critics say

  by Tom Strode, posted Monday, November 02, 2015 (8 years ago)

  "[N]o one should be applauding the Chinese government for its new policy." -- Rep. Chris Smith

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- China's lifting of its "one-child policy" does not eliminate the heinousness of its population control program, pro-life critics say.

  All married couples in the world's most populous country will be able to have two children, China's Communist Party announced Oct. 29 at the close of its Central Committee meeting, Xinhua News Agency reported. Read More

• China: Fewer abortions? But more persecution

  by Tom Strode, posted Wednesday, October 22, 2014 (9 years ago)

  

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- China's newly announced switch to a two-child population control policy does not resolve the coercive nature of the program, pro-life leaders say.

  The disclosure of the change came even as the communist government imposes the most severe oppression in four decades, according to a leading advocate for the Chinese church. Read More