Talk:The Grounders (the Ark)/@comment-138.237.246.73-20141024151433/@comment-69.131.97.29-20141214165257

The One Child Law may have come along later on, not necessarily the same year the Ark was built from the 12 stations. In fact, it is probable.

I speculate originally, there were no restrictions on breeding. Maybe early on, the thought was that when they did return to the ground, they'd be the ones to repopulate the planet. Only later, when they saw the limitations of resources, did they pass the policy of only one child per couple.