Mixed Reaction to Proposed Dual Standards for Birth Control

A recent proposal put forward by deputies to the Peoples Congress of Jiangsu Province in southeast China has prompted a public outcry. This proposal sought to give citizens with higher education permission to have a second child while at the same time strengthening birth control measures for poorly educated peasants. The proposal was tabled by members of the Standing Committee of Jiangsu Provincial Peoples Congress, the local legislature, during the drafting of a local set of regulations …