China’s one-child policy
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Women in China are increasingly asserting autonomy over their bodies, challenging longstanding attempts at control.
Since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the state has exerted significant control over women’s reproductive rights. In the 1950s, the organization of labor within state-managed work units even took women’s menstrual cycles into account. This control intensified with the introduction of the one-child policy that lasted for decades. The implementation…