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Horror of China's Forced Abortion Policy Exposed

Bob Beauprez - Friday, June 15, 2012

The following from USA Today leaves us speechless.  Exactly what does it take these days to qualify as a crime against humanity?

Forced abortion outrages Chinese

By Calum MacLeod, USA TODAY

BEIJING – A pregnant woman who was dragged to a hospital by authorities and forced to have an abortion has enraged Chinese an sparked an online flurry of debate over whether it is time to end China's draconian one-child family planning policy…

The scandal erupted when photos were posted online showing mother Feng Jianmei lying on a hospital bed with the corpse of her daughter.  Feng, who was in her seventh month of pregnancy, said she was dragged into a vehicle, her head covered and her legs beaten, then taken to a hospital for the injections that killed and induced delivery of her unborn child.

Feng said she was forced to have an abortion because she could not pay the $6,300 fine for a second child.  Full article here.




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