Reggie Littlejohn and Bi-Partisan Members of the United States Congress Stand Against Gendercide on Capitol Hill, Screen “It’s a Girl” Film Washington, D.C. Women’s Rights Without Frontiers partnered with Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA), Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), and the Coalition Against Gendercide in a bipartisan screening of the “It’s a Girl” film at the United States Capitol … Continue reading → Chinese Embassy Refuses Petition Against Forced Abortion, Gendercide in China Washington, D.C. Women’s Rights Without Frontiers president Reggie Littlejohn and Rep. Chris Smith led a delegation from Capitol Hill to the Chinese Embassy to deliver 200,000 signatures on a petition to end gendercide and forced abortion in China. Though Rep. … Continue reading → Reggie Littlejohn at Capitol Hill Press Conference Speaks on Why a Two-Child Policy Will Not End the Injustice of the One Child Policy: CNS News Video On Wednesday, Reggie Littlejohn and Rep. Chris Smith spoke at a press conference on the U.S. Capitol, as part of the Coalition Against Gendercide. Here is a CNS News Clip of Reggie’s warning that instituting a Two Child Policy will … Continue reading → China: Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng’s Relatives Receive Death Threats Dongshigu Village, Shandong Province. In late April 2012, blind activist Chen Guangcheng dazzled the world by scaling the back wall of his compound and eluding the frustrated grasp of the Chinese Communist security machine. As though to punish him on … Continue reading →
What is happening to women and girls in China?
China’s population control program, called the “One Child Policy,” is enforced through coercive measures including forced abortion and forced sterilization.
Since the majority of those aborted are female, the One Child Policy has created gender imbalance that is a powerful, driving force behind sexual slavery in Asia.
Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Activists Agree: Forced Abortion Is Not a Choice.
On April 22, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned forced abortion and forced sterilization in China. During a Congressional Hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, she stated that these practices are "absolutely unacceptable" and "an egregious interference with women's rights."
Women should not be treated this way. This is not a political issue. Women’s rights are human rights.
Learn more about this issue. In addition to sexual slavery, China’s One Child Policy also gives rise to a host of other human rights abuses, such as “gendercide,” female suicide, stolen, “illegal” and “forsaken” children, rioting and violence, ruined health because of botched forced abortions and involuntary sterilizations, an aging population, and oppression of the Tibetan and Uyghur peoples.
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