Unmarried mothers to be FINED in Chinese city to cut size of population

Wuhan city says the fine and rule is aimed at keeping the birth rate low
Policy also includes those who knowingly have a child with a married person
Critics say the prohibitive fine could lead to more abandoned 'sewer babies'

A Chinese city plans to fine mothers who have a child out of wedlock, sparking criticism that the policy is discriminatory and could lead to an increase in abandoned babies.
Wuhan city says the rule is aimed at keeping the birth rate low.

One expert says it is the first time that out-of-wedlock children have been expressly singled out for penalty by one of China's municipalities, which have flexibility in how they enforce national population-control policies.

Wuhan city's policy to fine single mothers follows the rescue of Baby 59, whose mother took days to come forward after he slipped down a sewer pipe

It comes days after the rescue of a young single mother's newborn from a sewer pipe in eastern China prompted discussion over the stigma that single mothers face.

'If the policy is approved, there could be more "sewer babies" because when mothers can't afford the cost, they might think about throwing their babies away,' said Chen Yaya, a gender equality researcher at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.

On Friday, the government of the city, in central Hubei, published online a draft updated family planning policy which it says is aimed at keeping the city's birth rate at a low level.

The policy says that 'the parties' should pay the fee in cases of births that are out of wedlock or when one side knowingly has a child with someone who has a spouse.

It has been interpreted in state media as mainly targeting unmarried mothers and women who have affairs with married men. The public has a week to comment on it.

'It looks like the policy is targeted just at women from my understanding,' Chen said.

She said unmarried mothers already faced discrimination, including being barred from receiving maternity benefits from the government.

Unmarried mothers also face stigma because premarital sex traditionally has been frowned upon.

In the case of the baby found in the sewer in Zhejiang province on May 25, his mother told police she got pregnant after a brief affair, could not afford an abortion, hid her pregnancy from family and neighbours and had concerns about whether she would be able to raise the child.

Police also said she told them the baby slipped into the sewer accidentally shortly after its birth, an account they later said they accepted.

Wuhan's proposed rule would be the first time that bearing a child when unmarried has been spelled out as a separate offence, said Yuan Xin, a professor of population studies at Renmin University.

Gender equality researcher Chen Yaya said the policy could produce more 'sewer babies' if mothers cannot afford the cost of the fine

'In fact, a lot of family planning regulations have included unmarried childbearing under illegal childbearing. They were just not specified as a separate term as is the case this time with Wuhan,' he said.

'We need to distinguish between the legal and moral aspects and define what a family is nowadays, said Yuan.

'Let's say I am single, and I want to have a child. Is that wrong? No, it's not, so is it considered a family?


'Having a baby with a married man, is that considered a family? All these details need to be specified.'

Babies resulting from an unmarried relationship or an affair with someone who is already married will provoke a 'social compensation fee', an official at the family planning committee of Wuhan said.

Social compensation fees are levied on people who break China's strict family planning policy, which restricts many urban couples to one child.

The fee depends on the province and the whim of the local family planning bureau, and the children are denied education and health benefits.

Hubei province sets its social compensation fee at three times average annual disposable income.




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Chinko...the country of obnoxious and weird people

Gej should implement it too in Naija

Chinko Things!

With the way nigerian population is skyrocketting,there might be similar rules in Nigeria.

I too love that country!

Very stüpid law, hope it isnt approved.
Chinese and their stüpid laws sef.

[size=18pt]If there's a country on earth that needs this law, it's China.

What's with these heterosexuals and having babies they don't want/need?[/size]

Expect the influx of chinco babies in2 nigeria. But will they last?

Na wao!

chinko babies

jydemyke: I too love that country!

Gbam

We seriously need this law in Nigeria

Ok.

Okija juju: If GEJ passes this law in Nigeria, OMO!! Boys go happy die..

That means all the single ladies will leave the city and return to the villages,

This will increase the grassroot development.

This will reduce p`rostitution.

This will also reduce the cost of brideprice.

Infact, single women will have to kneel down and beg guys to marry them so they can return to the city.

Government revenue will increase.



This is a beautiful plan

and you will return to Okija to rule and reign over them

SimonAndal: [size=18pt]If there's a country on earth that needs this law, it's China.

What's with these ****heterosexuals**** and having babies they don't want/need?[/size]

DID I READ YOU RIGHT? HOMO?

With a population of over 1.3 billion of the world population,castration seems to be the only option to control the population of china.

Great Law i must say. . . Naija too need d law

jydemyke: I too love that country!

just as i love them to pieces!

omo c law, that's China 4 u where everytin is possible, if 103 yrs old woman has neva married n d oldest woman is almost 200 yrs, na dia u go knw say na only Chinese be white wey de born black. lol

try that law in nigeria,and yoruba girls would be worst hit.dey sabi born born outta wedlock.

[color=#006600][/color] chinko- lin chua umua o

The men will just have to learn how to control their randy dycks.that's just the way to do this

China! Na wa o! They must be very fertile. I know there is a women vs men population disparity already. Now this. With their one child policy. People adandoning or aborting girl children. And then now fining single mothers. Read a story of a woman at 7months with a second child being forced to abort or give it up. Maybe they should focus on half the population of men and sterilize them and stop harassing women like this.

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lobatan!

eduson33: what kind of laws is these.

anyways,i am supported it.it will help stopping premarital sexness

Are you for real, mr SeXnEsS?

Yomieluv: try that law in nigeria,and yoruba girls would be worst hit.dey sabi born born outta wedlock.

And Igbo man sabi sell hin pikin girl in the name of marriage....only for the girl to pass age to born con go dey adopt anothe rman pikin.....NO BE ME TALK AM O.

laws like this wont work in Nigeria where all the girls eye them chook you go fear na

We need such laws in nigeria the population is too much the country is too small stop having kids