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China's mandated family planning program has limited the number of births per family to one. This mandated one birth policy may be able to control the over population problem in China, but it has had a devastating effect on the population of China as a whole. A ....

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.... of female babies and fetuses. There are now nearly 30 million missing females in China. The family planning program has changed the status of women. Males are most often wanted more than females, for males can do the work in the fields. If there is a chance a baby might be a female, it will either be killed or the parents may hide the child from the authorities. Even so, the females that are kept are usually not treated well. In times of famine, a male will be fed over a female, and when seeking a job, the men are more likely to be successful in locating jobs. Women are often sold to men as wives or get involved in the large pool of prostituti ....