China's one-child policy has interesting origins. Although the fertility rate in China began to decline in the 1960s, no national policy aimed at a smaller family population existed until 1971. In 1979, “Wan Xi Shao,” a program that encouraged later marriage, longer birth intervals between births and fewer children is what evolved into the famous “one-child policy.”” (Gilbert, 24) With the one-child policy, couples receive incentives to have an only child. Couples who commit to having an only child receive monthly child support payments until the child turns fourteen. “Along with the money they receive each month they are promised more spacious accommodation and higher old-age pensions” (Gilbert, 24). However, for couples who have more than one child, the policy requires them to pay higher taxes and bear the full cost of medical care and education. As incentives and disincentives begin to play a major role in politics, a huge shift in culture has been created. One of the worst and most well-known results of the one-child policy is the increase in the cultural value of men. It is a policy that has led to infant abandonment, sex-selective abortions and sexual discrimination against women. China's one-child policy is not only a huge violation of women's rights, but has brought many big problems between men and women in China and should be ended. China's one-child policy has violated women's rights for years. It has driven women into hiding, suffered abortions and limited them to having only one child. With family planning officials searching for women pregnant with their second child, women and their children are in danger. Women who become pregnant often leave their family behind and g...... middle of paper ...... have no control over their family and what they want. Works Cited Baillot, Marion. “Women suffer from China's 'one child' policy.” World and I 20.3 (2005): N.PAG. MasterFILEPremier. Network. May 5, 2014.Faggio, Hannah. "China's Choice of Lifestyle." Time 158.5 (2001): 32. MasterFILE Premier. Network. May 5, 2014.Gilbert, Geoffrey. “Demographic Policy: China and India.” World Population: A Reference Manual. 2nd ed. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2006. 24-26. Print.Larson, Christina. "The Surprising Situation of Women Remaining in China." Foreign Policy 193 (2012): 1. MasterFILE Premier. Network. May 5, 2014.Monro, Alexander. “The Hidden Legacy of China's Family Plan.” New Scientist 191.2559 (2006): 50. MasterFILE Premier. Network. May 5, 2014. Mosher, Steven W. “China's One-Child Policy: Twenty-Five Years Later.” Human Life Review 32.1 (2006): 76. MasterFILE Premier. Network. May 5 2014.