Soon the Chinese government was dictating to couples the number and spacing of their children, aborting and sterilizing all who didn t conform to the plan. The woman in charge of Chinese family planning, Vice Premier Chen Muhua, publicly stated in 1979 that China is a socialist country. We should be able to control reproduction under a state plan the same way we control the production of steel and bicycles. But America has never had economic central planning, which robs both producers and consumers of their freedom. Reproductive central planning would be equally inimical to liberty.
American parents are still free to decide for themselves the number and spacing of their children.
Most still decide to have two, despite the anti-people propaganda that pervades the public square. Our current modest levels of population increase should keep the U.S. economy humming along in the years to come. Immigration, a vital part of keeping America strong, should continue. Young couples should not be made to feel guilty about starting a family. Be fruitful and multiply.