Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Forced Abortion Continues in China at Alarming Rate says Latest Report

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Forced Abortion Continues in China at Alarming Rate says Latest Report
Whistleblower Beaten Again
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LINYI, October 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) � Despite claims by some Chinese
authorities that forced abortion and sterilization is illegal, a massive
program underway since March in China�s Shandong province still goes on
unabated.

Bowing to international pressure in 2002, China claims to have made a change
to its forced abortion and sterilization policy; the new law states that
only financial �incentives� such as monetary fines of up to a year�s wages,
can be used to induce compliance.

A report from India Sunday, however, confirms that the abuse continues. So
far more than 120,000 women have fallen victim to the program, the India
Telegraph reports. The Telegraph reported the story of farmers Zhu Hong Ying
and her husband, Xia Jian Dong, from the Linyi region, where blind social
activist Chen Guangcheng alerted the world about the abuses this summer.

Zhu fled to Linyi city after learning that authorities were brutally
enforcing the One Child policy in March. After her three sisters were
arrested, Zhu returned; her son was forcibly aborted by having a needle
filled with poison injected into her womb. Looking at her dead son after he
was delivered still-born the following day was �the most heartbreaking
moment of my life,� Zhu said.

Xia said a nurse then dumped the baby in a black garbage bag, instructing
him to throw it into the back of a truck parked outside. �It had a large
container kind of thing at the back,� he said emotionally. �When I opened
the door and looked in it was full of black bags and blood.�

Meanwhile Chen Guangcheng was again the victim of a beating from authorities
for the second time in a month, according to a Radio Free Asia report.
�(They) started beating and kicking him,� Chen�s cousin Chen Guangli said.
�He fell to the ground five or six times. He is a blind man. He could not
see them.� Chen was reportedly trying to leave his home to welcome visitors,
when he was attacked by the guards who ensure Chen does not violate his
house arrest.

Nine assailants, including two authorities, participated in the beating. One
officer told RFA, �His injury is not a big deal.� Chen�s cousin reported
that he had not been allowed to receive medical attention.

See the India Telegraph report:

See the Reuters coverage of the Radio Free China coverage:

See previous LifeSiteNews.com story
China Labels Stanford Researcher "International spy" For Exposing Forced
Abortion Policy

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