Ted Turner recently called upon global leaders to institute a one-child-per-household child policy. He believes that humans are responsible for climate change that he alleges is destroying the planet. Upon reading Turner’s comments, I was immediately reminded of the Chinese one-child policy. The People’s Republic of China has had this law for the past thirty years. It has been estimated that China has eliminated 400 million people from their society by this policy. In fact, some concerns have been expressed that the Chinese have killed so many, through abortion, and prevented the births of so many, through the prohibition, that they may have insufficient youths to maintain the older population.

Of course, a consideration of a “one-child” law begs the obvious question: How is such a law enforced? The Chinese enforce their law by means of forced abortion and sterilization procedures. I wonder if this is also what Ted Turner has in mind as the means of enforcement? I know that he is “pro-choice,” so he has no reservations about killing unborn babies through the practice of abortion, but does he approve of empowering governments to force abortions upon women? And what about repeat (pregnancy) offenders? Would he approve of governments sterilizing them against their will as a means of regulating and punishing them? This is what they do in China.

I never cease to be amazed by the reasoning processes of some liberals. They display immense concern for the well-being of the earth, but demonstrate little concern for the creatures for whom the earth was made. They attach no more value to human life than they do to animal life. One who would approve of the killing of a helpless human being while it is still in its mother’s womb has no business making decisions and proposals about the preservation of human life. Their thought processes are corrupt and their agendas are misguided.