In fact, at this point it is believed that growth rate is under 2% and that the population replacement rate is at 2.1%, meaning that if these numbers are accurate and hold up, the population of China could actually decrease at some point in the future. Hence, the One-Child Policy could be seen to be an immense success. But at what cost?

The 'side effects' of the Policy have and likely will continue to have a staggering effect on Chinese society. The sterility and abortion atrocities by the government, like the abandonment and infanticide of female infants by the parents, not only scream of a Policy that has lost its moral compass, but it has created a huge disparity between the number of males to females. This disparity means there a fewer women available to marry men, creating a much bigger demand for prostitution and asia-pacific/6254763.stm

Fitzpatrick, Laura. A Brief History of China's One-Child Policy.

www.time.com. 27 July 2009

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1912861,00.html#ixzz0mAnllcKx

Karabin, Sherry. Infanticide, Abortion Responsible for 60

Million Girls Missing in Asia. www.foxnews.com. June 13, 2007

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281722,00.html

Kumar, Phani. More than three decades after China formalized its one-child policy, the population-control program no longer applies to most Chinese and looks set to be abolished.

www.MarketWatch.com 18 March, 2010

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/chinas-one-child-policy-largely-ignored-2010-03-18

Littlejohn, Reggie. China's Forced Sterilization Campaign Is a

Crime Against Humanity. www.cypresstimes.com. 19 April 2010

http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=sign_our_petition

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