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Epilogue: Birth Control and Abortion in the Longue Durée, 1911–2021

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2023

Sarah Mellors Rodriguez
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Missouri State University
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The epilogue addresses the question of what can be ascertained from studying sex and reproduction in the longue durée. As demonstrated by the enduring reliance on abortion as birth control, family planning remains deeply gendered with women shouldering much of this burden. The persistence of eugenic ideas and the state’s intrusive but uneven policing of sexuality have been features of Chinese history since the early twentieth century. Despite ongoing changes in fertility policies, attitudes toward contraception and perceptions of what constitutes the ideal family remain diverse.

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Reproductive Realities in Modern China
Birth Control and Abortion, 1911–2021
, pp. 204 - 216
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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