The China Epidemic China's population exceeds 1.2 billion people, making up one-fifth of the world's total population. In retrospect, China's land area is similar to that of the United States, but China's population is 4.5 times larger. However, it is not surprising that overpopulation has become a concern for the Chinese government. Due to rapid population growth, the economy began to decline causing the level of poverty to increase. This, unfortunately, has left a plethora of people unemployed. Realizing that these problems needed to be resolved, the government took immediate action. Deng Xiaoping, the leader of China, implemented the one-child policy in 1979. The consequences of this decision were yet to be discovered. However, while this helped slow population growth, other problems began to arise. As a result, the country has been left with over thousands of brutal abortions. The roots of this problem date back hundreds of years and is still considered a contemporary issue today. Regardless of what country, what year, what race or gender; people have always had strong feelings about this idea of ​​contraception. Abortion is a widely known and used form of birth control. It is a contemporary issue known for provoking serious debates. The concept of birth control is primarily responsible for China's abortion epidemic. As birth control laws were enacted, women were involuntarily forced to abort their children to support a normal population size. This massive abortion epidemic swept across China as leaders forced the one-child policy on citizens and completely changed people's views on birth control. This idea of ​​the one-child policy has taken away many freedoms from people, allowing the government to have a hand... middle of paper... S. Friedman. Greenhaven Press: Cengage Learning, 2009.7) Richards, Lucinda. “Controlling China's Baby Boom.” Contemporary Review January 1996: 5-9. Wilson Select Plus.8) Rubin, R. Eva, ed. The abortion controversy: a documentary history. Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994.9) Saad, Lydia. “Abortion Opinions Reviewed as Alito Vote Nears.” Gallup Polling News Service. January 20, 2006. February 22, 20014.10) Smith, Bonnie G., ed. Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History. vol. 4. Np: Xford UP, 2008. Print. 2710 pages.11) Lupo, Arthur P. and Theo Engelen. "Fertility and Fertility Control in Pre-Revolutionary China." Journal of interdisciplinary history. 38 (2008): 345-375. Accessed March 20, 2013. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewersid=89e0e1be-a407-4ae1- 9e25f4f0bc853eb7%40sessionmgr110&vid=4&hid=19.