\[ **BT: [[human life cycle#human reproduction]]** ] --- # family planning ‘Family planning is the consideration of the number of children a person wishes to have, including the choice to have no children, and the age at which they wish to have them.’[^1] Family planning, while managed on an individual level, can be highly influenced by state/government policy. - see also: [[contraception]] ## family planning in China [[In China, ‘administrative issues, such as the enforcement of social maintenance fees, are directly related to the state’s birth planning policies and activities.’]][^2] [[China’s unique population planning policies have affected the country’s use of ART.]][^3] - see also: [[population planning]] [^1]: ‘Family planning’, Wikipedia, last updated 20 August 2025, 07:25 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_planning. [^2]: Han Tao, ‘[[Tao, ‘Desirable Future or Unaffordable Hope’, 2022|A Desirable Future of Unaffordable Hope? Queer People Becoming Parents Through Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in Guangdong, China]]’, *China, Health & Sexuality*, vol. 25, no. 4 (2022), p. 414, [https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2022.2049879](https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2022.2049879). [^3]: Han Tao, ‘[[Tao, ‘Desirable Future or Unaffordable Hope’, 2022|A Desirable Future of Unaffordable Hope? Queer People Becoming Parents Through Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in Guangdong, China]]’, *China, Health & Sexuality*, vol. 25, no. 4 (2022), p. 414, [https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2022.2049879](https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2022.2049879).