Summary
A North Carolina woman went viral on TikTok after allegedly receiving an email from Republican state Sen. Danny Britt’s assistant, Camille McDougald, suggesting she “move to China” when she raised concerns about the state’s abortion policy.
The woman, who carries a rare genetic condition affecting fetal viability, expressed fears about expanding her family under current restrictions.
The email, seen as dismissive and unprofessional, sparked backlash online.
Critics argue North Carolina’s abortion laws, which limit care beyond specific circumstances, force patients to seek out-of-state treatment.
Neither Britt nor McDougald has responded to the controversy.
Strictly speaking, China has gone from encouraging Chinese to have as many children early on, when IIRC Mao felt that population density encouraged industrialization, then to restrictive birth policy under One Child for a long time, and then back to trying to get people to have kids in the mid-2010s as demographic concerns rose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy
It’s more that China is state-interventionist than that it has consistently favored few or many children.
I’d argue that banning abortion is probably state interventionist, more in line with the consistent thread of overall Chinese policy over the years.
This made me think about this issue in a new way, thanks for the good comment.