China Officially Passes New Two-Child Policy
LatestAfter October’s announcement of a change in China’s infamous one-child policy, the country’s lawmakers have formally approved the new legislation, which will allow couples to now have two children. The law will go in effect on January 1, 2016.
According to CNN, the one-child law was instated during the 1970s in an effort to control population growth. The controversial policy caused forced abortions, mandatory sterilizations and infanticide to occur over the next several decades. In 2013, a Chinese mother named Shen Hongxia died following a risky sterilization procedure that government family planners forced her to undergo.