Vietnam Proposes Two-Child Limit Similar to China's Forced Abortion Policies
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
November 21, 2008
Hanoi, Vietnam (LifeNews.com) -- Officials in the Asian nation of Vietnam have proposed a two-child limit on couples similar to the coercive forced-abortion population control program in China that allows just one. Vietnam has long had one of the world's highest abortion rates and the proposal would likely increase those rates further.
Nguyen Ba Thuy, deputy minister of health, talked about the idea on Friday and said the government would likely institute it to limit its population growth.
"We are very determined to limit couples on having a third child," Thuy said.
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