Female infanticide in China
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China has a history of female infanticide which spans 2,000 years. When Christian missionaries arrived in China in the late sixteenth century, they witnessed newborns being thrown into rivers or onto
Burying Babies in China (p.40, March 1865, XXII)
Chinese anti-infanticide tract circa 1800
Baby Tower in Fujian Province
Roadside sign in Danshan, Yanjiang District, Ziyang, Sichuan, which reads "It is forbidden to discriminate against, abuse or abandon baby girls"
Family planning
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Family planning is the consideration of the number of children a person wishes to have, including the choice to have no children, and the age at which they wish to have them. Factors that may influenc
Combined oral contraceptives. Introduced in 1960, "the Pill" has played an instrumental role in family planning for decades.
A community health worker explains to a woman in Madagascar different methods for family planning.
Global maternal mortality rate per 100,000 live births (2010)
Placard showing negative effects of lack of family planning and having too many children and infants (Ethiopia)