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The recent 34th anniversary of China’s “one-child policy” has focused renewed attention on sex-selection abortions. According to Reggie Littlejohn of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, “there are an estimated 37 million more men than women in China today. This gender imbalance is a major force driving sexual slavery of women and girls in Asia.” In certain […]
October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Sadly, most unborn children diagnosed with Down Syndrome are aborted — often after parents are given poor information and pressured or coerced to abort by medical staff. Most people also don’t know about the negative impact that such abortions can also have on parents and families. As one mother […]
“Nothing in human history compares to the magnitude of China’s more than 34-year assault on women and children,” said Smith, who has held almost 50 hearings on human rights violations in China. “Abortion is a weapon of mass destruction. Hundreds of millions of lives have been exterminated.”
10/9/2014 A new U.S. study of women who survived sex trafficking found that forced abortion was common among victims who became pregnant, calling it an “especially disturbing trend.” Laura Lederer, one the authors of the study, testified about the findings at a congressional hearing on on sex trafficking and health care on Sept. 11. The […]
Thirty-four years ago, China imposed its “one-child policy” across the nation, a policy that has been blamed for “causing more violence against women and girls than any other official policy on earth.” The policy requires Chinese couples to have a birth permit before having a child, with most being allowed only one child. The enforcement […]