Essays on Population Control

Introduction

Contraception as a method of population control has elicited mixed reactions from different quotas of the society. A section of religious conservatives still hold onto it that abstinence and not contraception should be the only approach to population control. On the opposing side, modernists believe that contraception allows is not only effective but also people freedom to reproduce when they wish. Canada is among the few countries on the globe where contraception has been implemented as a legal approach towards population control. In Canada, legalization of contraception was not solely done to curb population explosion but also as a ...

Background

China is the world’s greatest country when it comes to population. It is located in the South Eastern parts of Asia being surrounded by other countries such as Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Japan, North and South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is the largest Asian country by land area. The most recent surveys show that China has approximately 1.4 billion (World Bank n.p.). Note that the current world population is approximate 7 billion, which means that for approximately 6 people, 1 of them is a Chinese. Interestingly, this startlingly huge population size could have been bigger ...

INDIA: THE WORLD’S MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY

Introduction India, along with China, is considered as two of the most populous countries in the world. With the rapid growth of population in India, economists suggest: “by 2022, India's population will draw even with that of China, at 1.4 billion people.” Forecasts claim that by 2030, there will be an estimated 1.5 billion people in India, and this will further grow by 1.7 billion by 2050. On the other hand, China’s population will remain as it is until 2030 and will continue to decline as the years move forward. Despite the effort to slow down population growth, ...

Two of the most remarkable stories of growth in the past 3 decades has been the growht of China and India's economies, two countries. Their populations, when added together, make up one-third of the total population of the world. While India and China's development paths have been different, there are many similarities to their approaches. Both countries developed their private sector, deregulated laws, liberalized prices and opened their countries to foreign direct investment (Reddy 3). However, China and India have relied on different economic drivers for growth. China has focused its efforts on manufacturing and exporting goods, while much ...

Midwifery is a vital profession in the world. Since its inception as a program run to assist medical practitioners in early 1970s, it has grown to become one of the most recognized medical practices in hospitals (Page & McCandlish, 2006).There are various factors that affect midwifery and hence midwife-woman partnerships. Some of them include the political and socio-cultural factors as shall be discussed in this essay. The cultural factors involve the relations of the woman and the society’s constructions of the ways of life of the people and the overall policy in the conception and delivery of babies. Every ...