The Chinese government is well known for limiting the reproduction of its citizens. Recently, they have decided to change their child rearing policy from restricting married couples from only being allowed to have one child, to allowing them to have two.

This change has come as somewhat of a shock to the Chinese people and has received mixed reactions. On one hand, the change of the policy to allow married couples to have two children has potential for bettering the lives of China's citizens; however, a concern over the possibility that the already overcrowded country will become unbearably overpopulated has been a topic middle-age people in the country are struggling with.

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The primary motivation for this Communist nation to implement the change in policy was a concern over the possibility that an economic downfall will arise as the majority of the population continues to age.

The first adaptation of the policy was implemented in the 1970's as a way to prevent the population growth from surmounting the economic prosperity the country was experiencing. China's government took pride in the power it had over its people and leaders looked at the one child policy as a successful demonstration of the party's ability to dominate citizen's lives in such an intimate capacity.

As a way to enforce the policy the Chinese Government took extreme measures which includes; forced abortions and heavy fines. Overall the government's control over the personal lives of its people, in this capacity, has led to negative and unsettling results such as; an increased male to female ratio which is directly related to the extensive cases of infanticide in respect to female infants that occur yearly.

The one child policy has also increased the number of suicides among women in China. Currently, it is estimated that upwards of 500 suicides among young women happen every day, which accounts for 27% of the total number of suicides in young women each year. These numbers have been steady since 2009.

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However, in retrospect should the Chinese Government even have the power or right to dictate how many children married couples within their nation have? Is it acceptable for a government to get involved with the personal and intimate relationships of its people?

It is logical to assume that although the allowance of one more child per couple will benefit the nation, the negative results associated with a government manipulating its citizen's lives in such a way will persist--unless the law is completely abolished.