Legal Abortion in China
Legal Abortion in China
Introduction
There are many problems that our world today has to face. Those problems don’t only have an effect to the country, but it can also affect us individuals. Those problems are drug addictions, murders, prostitutions, kidnappings, and etc. It also includes abortions.
Abortion is the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced. The term abortion most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy.
Abortion, when induced in the developed world in accordance with local law, is among the safest procedures in medicine. However, unsafe abortions result in approximately 70,000 maternal deaths and 5 million hospital admissions per year globally.
Statistics shows that there are approximately 42 million abortions occurs every year worldwide. And according to China Daily, a state-controlled newspaper, out of the 42 million abortions occurs every year; China has the 30% of it with 13 million abortions annually. Abortion in China is legal and is a government service available on request for women. In addition to virtually universal access to contraception, abortion is a way for China to contain its population in accordance with its one-child policy.
I. One-child Policy
A. Definition
The one-child policy is the population control policy of the People 's Republic of China (PRC). It restricts urban couples to only have one child, while allowing additional children in several cases, including twins, rural couples, ethnic minorities, and couples who are both only children themselves. In 2007, according to a spokesperson of the Committee on the One-Child Policy, approximately 35.9% of China 's population was subject to a one-child restriction. The Special Administrative Regions
Introduction
There are many problems that our world today has to face. Those problems don’t only have an effect to the country, but it can also affect us individuals. Those problems are drug addictions, murders, prostitutions, kidnappings, and etc. It also includes abortions.
Abortion is the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced. The term abortion most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy.
Abortion, when induced in the developed world in accordance with local law, is among the safest procedures in medicine. However, unsafe abortions result in approximately 70,000 maternal deaths and 5 million hospital admissions per year globally.
Statistics shows that there are approximately 42 million abortions occurs every year worldwide. And according to China Daily, a state-controlled newspaper, out of the 42 million abortions occurs every year; China has the 30% of it with 13 million abortions annually. Abortion in China is legal and is a government service available on request for women. In addition to virtually universal access to contraception, abortion is a way for China to contain its population in accordance with its one-child policy.
I. One-child Policy
A. Definition
The one-child policy is the population control policy of the People 's Republic of China (PRC). It restricts urban couples to only have one child, while allowing additional children in several cases, including twins, rural couples, ethnic minorities, and couples who are both only children themselves. In 2007, according to a spokesperson of the Committee on the One-Child Policy, approximately 35.9% of China 's population was subject to a one-child restriction. The Special Administrative Regions
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