Children Quote by Amartya Sen

There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional…

— Iris Chang

Social services, not wealth per se, seem to be the key to lower birth rates. The Chinese, although among the poorest peoples of the…

— Donella Meadows

The whole world population rests on women. You have to start with the woman. And the woman will make her own decisions. If you…

— Barbara Crossette

Some Western demographers have posited, due to the female shortage created by the one-child policy, that China will be forced to field a vast…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

If fertility drops much below 2.1 babies per woman, the population will shrink unless it is offset by higher immigration. For this reason, a…

— Greg Ip

China's one-child policy punishes families for having 'out-of-plan' children, resulting in sex-selective abortion and tens of millions of 'missing girls' as well as forced…

— Chris Smith

“The very people the Chinese government would like to see having babies are highly educated urban women, who would be able to produce children…

— Leta Hong Fincher

The one-child policy was based on some faulty science and had, as an ambition, reining in Chinese population growth, so as to enhance the…

— Howard W. French

“But if the history of women’s reproductive health demonstrates anything, it is that coercive policies are not only inhumane and unethical, they also fail…

— Johanna Schoen

If you're dealing with grappling [with] problems of feeding people, the biggest impact in fertility reduction is girls' schools. Schooled girls make a bigger…

— Amartya Sen

Unless women have, from the moment of birth, socialization for, expectations of, and preparation for a viable significant alternative to motherhood . . .…

— Wilma Scott Heide

Centuries ago it may have been difficult for pregnant women and their children to get proper nourishment, probably leading to smaller - and therefore…

— Robert Fogel