Chinese officials have caved to international pressure and will now release a woman who is pregnant with her third child. The woman was being held in a hospital in order to undergo a forced abortion. China has a strict one child policy, although two children are permitted under certain circumstances. Steven Mosher of the Population Research Institute is thankful that officials have released the woman, but says now is not the time to forget her situation. "She's been released now because the world is watching," he points out. "But as soon as the world blinks I'm afraid this woman could be rearrested and…[the child] forcibly aborted. She is by no means out of the woods." According to Mosher, if she does have the baby, it will have to be in a government hospital because it is illegal to deliver a baby elsewhere. "And when she goes to the hospital to give birth they may very well take that baby and give it a lethal injection while it's being born," he warns. "That happens all the time in China." If she gave birth privately, she would still not be free said Mosher. "Because she's given the population control police an enormous headache…they will be looking for her," he contends. China plans to continue the forced abortion population control program another 42 years. Contact: Charlie Butts Source: OneNewsNow Source URL: http://www.onenewsnow.com Publish Date: November 26, 2008 Link to this article: |
November 26, 2008
China's forced abortion policy challenged by mother of three
