TY  - THES
AB  - The implementation of China's one-child policy created a profound tension between women and families seeking autonomy over their bodies and fertility, and the coercive measures employed by the country's family planning system. This paper explores the complex dynamics involved in family planning, including factors such as son preference, extensive monitoring at both the workplace and family level, and the widespread reliance on abortion as a consequence of coercion. By disregarding the inherent tensions between individuals and family planning policies, enforcing coercion at the local level, and objectifying people, these variables ensured the performance of the one-child policy but inflicted deep pain, trauma, and division within individuals and families. This paper argues that Chinese family planning fostered a relationship between individuals and communities that incentivized the neglect of individuality and emotions while segregating people by objectification, which made abortion the only “choice” for women who had a second child.
AD  - University of Chicago
AU  - Cheng, Yixuan
DA  - 2023-08
DO  - 10.6082/uchicago.7116
DO  - doi
ED  - Johanna Sirera Ransmeier
ED  - Linnea Turco
ID  - 7116
KW  - Abortion
KW  - Forced Abortion
KW  - Family Planning
KW  - One-Child Policy
KW  - Coercion
KW  - Objectification
L1  - https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/7116/files/MAthesis.finaldraft.camillecheng.pdf
L2  - https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/7116/files/MAthesis.finaldraft.camillecheng.pdf
L4  - https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/7116/files/MAthesis.finaldraft.camillecheng.pdf
LA  - eng
LK  - https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/7116/files/MAthesis.finaldraft.camillecheng.pdf
N2  - The implementation of China's one-child policy created a profound tension between women and families seeking autonomy over their bodies and fertility, and the coercive measures employed by the country's family planning system. This paper explores the complex dynamics involved in family planning, including factors such as son preference, extensive monitoring at both the workplace and family level, and the widespread reliance on abortion as a consequence of coercion. By disregarding the inherent tensions between individuals and family planning policies, enforcing coercion at the local level, and objectifying people, these variables ensured the performance of the one-child policy but inflicted deep pain, trauma, and division within individuals and families. This paper argues that Chinese family planning fostered a relationship between individuals and communities that incentivized the neglect of individuality and emotions while segregating people by objectification, which made abortion the only “choice” for women who had a second child.
PB  - University of Chicago
PY  - 2023-08
T1  - Family Planning and Coercion: Abortion as an Inevitable Consequence
TI  - Family Planning and Coercion: Abortion as an Inevitable Consequence
UR  - https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/7116/files/MAthesis.finaldraft.camillecheng.pdf
Y1  - 2023-08
ER  -