Chairman Mao saw a booming population as healthy, so government encouraged reproduction. For all of his murdering while coming to power, on reproductive issues, he was basically pro-life. The more people he could preside over the better.
His successor Deng Xiaopong had a different take. For him overpopulation was a problem. Since the precedent of government authority to set laws on reproductive issues was established, he simply had to change the rules to discouraging reproduction and to force abortions where it deemed appropriate to him.
http://durablefaith.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/forced-abortions/
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His successor Deng Xiaopong had a different take. For him overpopulation was a problem. Since the precedent of government authority to set laws on reproductive issues was established, he simply had to change the rules to discouraging reproduction and to force abortions where it deemed appropriate to him.