Policies have a phenomenal power towards civilians, both positive and negative. The one child policy is a birth planning procedure that restricts couples from having more than one child. It was first prefaced by the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in the Republic of China from 1979 through 2015. Over the years, it gained a discriminative reputation for its cruel, brutal, and unethical methods. The one-child policy in China, which stirred up a lot of controversy in social media, was aimed to aid the rapid population growth. China was facing a significant problem in which it had to feed 22% of the world with just 7% of its land. Nevertheless, I believe that the mechanism of this procedure adds up to the existent issues while barely achieving its initial aim.
Firstly, I would like to bring up the injustice towards families facing the protocol who not only will get their infants taken away, but also get harsh treatment. Back when the policy was active in China, many grieving parents shared stories of losing their children in the face of the then-active one child policy. Washington Post journalist Simon Denyer interviewed people who experienced the horror in hopes to discover what they underwent. Amongst many cases, a man who went through the protocol in China described it as uncivil. Afterward, he led on with details of how a group of people barged into their home, grabbed his wife like she was a pig, and put the baby in a plastic bag to be buried alive on a nearby hill. The family shouldn't have to put up with such a traumatic encounter that eminently defies their human rights.
If the one child policy becomes globally implemented, there would undoubtedly be a disparity of gender ratio, possibly as drastic as China's gender imbalance at the time of the policy in which two-thirds of the population were men. Since only one child is allowed, families would most likely choose to abandon girls rather than boys because of their ability to carry their surname for generations to come and the belief that they will grow up to have more potential in money-making. The imbalance in gender will cause problems since it will be increasingly difficult for a man to find a wife to bear him children and maintain the family line.
Another significant issue that may come along with the one-child policy is the increase in abortion and infanticide rates. Formerly in China, the number of abortions was equivalent to an estimated nine folds of other countries. Moreover, the use of infanticides jumped a whopping 60% from its initial digits. The birth rate quickly depleted from 2. 75 births per woman to 1. 62. The likelihood that a similar case will take place if this policy were to be applied to other countries is undeniably high.
Furthermore, an issue that may surface is the government targeting the urban poor more rather than the wealthy. This issue has happened before and is most likely to happen again. The wealthy could easily pay the fine for having multiple children. On the other hand, it is not that simple for the impecunious. If they cannot afford to pay the fine for having additional children, there is a possibility that their property would be seized. This will lead to major issues in the likes of child abandonment and poverty.
Not only will this policy be a detriment to citizens but also the government themselves. Financially speaking, enforcement policies and procedures require a lot of money. Even after citizens pay the fine, it will still wound up to a significant financial loss. Based on China's history with this policy, the government's intake from the fines never fully recouped the expenses of the one-child policy.
All in all, it has been proven by China that the one-child policy was a failure of a procedure. I believe that it would be entirely indecent to replicate the same mistake in other countries. Instead, I think that overpopulation should be handled with subtler measures such as spreading the importance of family planning. The prior-existing idea of giving incentives to families who abide by the policy is efficacious if precluding the part where they repudiated the additional child. 
 Policies
 have a phenomenal power towards civilians, both  
positive
 and  
negative
. The one  
child
  policy
 is a birth planning  
procedure
 that restricts couples from having more than one  
child
. It was  
first
 prefaced by the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in the Republic of China from 1979 through 2015. Over the years, it gained a  
discriminative
 reputation for its cruel, brutal, and unethical methods. The one-child  
policy
 in China, which stirred up  
a lot of
 controversy in social media,  
was aimed
 to aid the rapid population growth. China was facing a significant problem in which it had to feed 22% of the world with  
just
 7% of its land.  
Nevertheless
, I believe that the mechanism of this  
procedure
  adds
 up to the existent  
issues
 while  
barely
 achieving its initial aim. 
Firstly
, I would like to bring up the injustice towards  
families
 facing the protocol  
who
 not  
only
 will  
get
 their infants taken away,  
but
  also
  get
 harsh treatment. Back when the  
policy
 was active in China,  
many
 grieving parents shared stories of losing their  
children
 in the face of the then-active one  
child
  policy
. Washington Post journalist Simon  
Denyer
 interviewed  
people
  who
 experienced the horror in hopes to discover what they underwent. Amongst  
many
 cases, a  
man
  who
 went through the protocol in China  
described
 it as uncivil. Afterward, he led on with  
details
 of how a group of  
people
 barged into their home, grabbed his wife like she was a pig, and put the baby in a plastic bag to  
be buried
 alive on a nearby hill. The  
family
 shouldn't  
have to
 put up with such a traumatic encounter that  
eminently
 defies their human rights.
If the one  
child
  policy
 becomes globally implemented, there would  
undoubtedly
 be a disparity of gender ratio,  
possibly
 as drastic as China's gender imbalance at the time of the  
policy
 in which two-thirds of the population were  
men
. Since  
only
 one  
child
 is  
allowed
,  
families
 would most likely choose to abandon girls  
rather
 than boys  
because
 of their ability to carry their surname for generations to  
come
 and the belief that they will grow up to have more potential in money-making. The imbalance in gender will cause problems since it will be  
increasingly
 difficult for a  
man
 to find a wife to bear him  
children
 and maintain the  
family
 line.
Another significant  
issue
 that may  
come
 along with the one-child  
policy
 is the increase in abortion and infanticide rates.  
Formerly
 in China, the number of abortions was equivalent to an estimated nine folds of  
other
 countries.  
Moreover
, the  
use
 of infanticides jumped a whopping 60% from its initial digits. The birth rate  
quickly
 depleted from 2. 75 births per woman to 1. 62. The likelihood that a similar case will take place if this  
policy
 were to  
be applied
 to  
other
 countries is  
undeniably
 high. 
Furthermore
, an  
issue
 that may surface is the  
government
 targeting the urban poor more  
rather
 than the wealthy. This  
issue
 has happened  
before
 and is most likely to happen again. The wealthy could  
easily
 pay the  
fine
 for having multiple  
children
. On the  
other
 hand, it is not that simple for the impecunious. If they cannot afford to pay the  
fine
 for having additional  
children
, there is a possibility that their property would  
be seized
. This will lead to major  
issues
 in the likes of  
child
 abandonment and poverty.
Not  
only
 will this  
policy
 be a detriment to citizens  
but
  also
 the  
government
 themselves.  
Financially
 speaking, enforcement  
policies
 and  
procedures
 require  
a lot of
 money. Even after citizens pay the  
fine
, it will  
still
 wound up to a significant financial loss. Based on China's history with this  
policy
, the  
government
's intake from the  
fines
 never  
fully
 recouped the expenses of the one-child policy.
All in all, it has  
been proven
 by China that the one-child  
policy
 was a failure of a  
procedure
. I believe that it would be  
entirely
 indecent to replicate the same mistake in  
other
 countries.  
Instead
, I  
think
 that overpopulation should  
be handled
 with subtler measures such as spreading the importance of  
family
 planning. The prior-existing  
idea
 of giving incentives to  
families
  who
 abide by the  
policy
 is efficacious if precluding the part where they repudiated the additional  
child
.