Womens Rights Without Frontiers

Relativity Media Ignores Chen Guangcheng

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Reggie Littlejohn

A reliable source inside China has informed Women’s Rights Without Frontiers that film mogul Relativity Media is shooting “21 and Over” in Linyi, China — the very city where blind activist Chen Guangcheng is languishing near death for exposing the fact that Linyi had 130,000 forced abortions and sterilizations in 2005. Film production commenced October 26.

According to Relativity Media’s press release, 21 and Over is a “hilarious comedy . . . about two childhood friends who drag their straight-arrow buddy out to celebrate his twenty-first birthday the night before an all-important medical school interview. But when one beer leads to another, the evening spirals into a wild epic misadventure of debauchery and mayhem that none of them will ever forget.”

Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, stated, “Out of the thousands of locations in China, why was Linyi targeted? Is this a deliberate slap in the face to Chen Guangcheng and human rights in China? In my opinion, it is unconscioable for Relativity Media to make this film in Linyi. While Relativity Media is creating a “wild epic misadventure,” about beer-drinking and debauchery, Chen Guangcheng is suffering unspeakable torment – beaten, tortured, denied medical treatment and being slowly starved to death – right under their noses.”

Littlejohn issued a call to action. “Relativity Media has a choice. If they have any commitment to corporate responsibility or social justice, they will immediately cease production in Linyi because of Chen Guangcheng. If they ignore this plea, then I call on the people of China and the world to boycott 21 and Over and deliver a crushing commercial defeat. Let’s send a message that filmgoers of conscience will not support a movie that is made in flagrant disregard of one of the world’s greatest human rights heroes.”

Women’s Rights Without Frontiers and China Aid are spearheading an international campaign to free Chen. Watch a three-minute video about Chen here:

http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/blog/?p=296

Sign a petition to free Chen here:

http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=chen-guangcheng

Relativity Media’s Sky Land partnership backing this film includes SAIF Partners and IDG China Media, part of International Data Group of Boston, in alliance with Huaxia Film Distribution Company, an official agency of the Chinese Communist Party. The producers are Mandeville Films’ David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman, in association with Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Produced. Jon Lucas and Scott Moore wrote the script. Click here for Relativity’s press release:

http://www.relativitymediallc.com/news.asp?article={7DF71F06-1389-4F98-E843-FAF6E362CE08}

See Tom Lasseter’s blog on McClatchy Newspapers, discussing this situation:

http://blogs.mcclatchydc.com/china/

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China: Woman Dies During Forced Abortion, Six Months Pregnant

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Reggie Littlejohn

Lijing County, Shandong Province

Women’s Rights Without Frontiers and China Aid have obtained information that on October 12, 2011, a woman died during a forced abortion. She was six months pregnant.

According to a report posted on fanfucn.com, Jihong Ma was seized by Family Planning Officials for a forced abortion, having violated the One Child Policy. Stressed, she was placed on oxygen. In the words of a family member:

“More than ten persons from the Family Planning Bureau came, took off the oxygen mask from her and forced her to induce labor. From the time she was put into operating room at 4:00 p.m., there was no news about her . . . At night around 10:00 p.m., someone came, opened the door of the delivery room and slipped away. We ran into the delivery room and saw that the doctors and nurses all disappeared while poor Jihong Ma’s body had already been totally freezing cold, with purple lips and bleeding nose, lying on the operating table without any movement . . . Jihong Ma’s daughter does not know yet that her Mom has passed away. She cries looking for Mom every day.”

Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, stated, “Our hearts go out to the family of Jihong Ma, who was their wife, mother or daughter. China’s cruel and barbaric forced abortion policy causes more violence towards women and girls than any other official policy on earth. It is China’s war against women and girls. Women are forcibly aborted up to the ninth month of pregnancy. Forced abortion is not a choice. It is official government rape.”

Bob Fu, President of China Aid, stated, “Tragedies like this demonstrate the urgent need for China to establish the rule of law. Family Planning Police commit hideous crimes with impunity, as do those who persecute the house churches and Chinese human rights lawyers. Chen Guangcheng has stood up for victims of forced abortion. He has been jailed, tortured, denied medical treatment, and we don’t know whether he is dead or alive.”

Littlejohn issued a call to action: “We urge people to join the fight against forced abortion in China. Watch the 4-minute video, sign the petition, and forwarding them to your friends.”

http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/blog/?p=34

http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=sign_our_petition

A video and petition to free Chen Guangcheng can be found here:

http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=chen-guangcheng

To read the report in Chinese, click here: http://www.nvquan.org/2011/10/blog-post_306.html

Here is the full report in English:

October 15^th, 2011 Saturday

A Pregnant Woman Was Forced To Induce Labor To Death By Family Planning Office Of Lijing County Shandong Province (Special Manuscript)

By Shuchun Ge and Aiguo Wu, From www.fanfucn.com 010-87836605

Time, 10/15/2011 22:06:45

On October 14^th, 2011 a web friend named “Folk1987” posted an article on sina microblog. The article says Jihong Ma, a pregnant woman from Jiangjiazhuang village of Lijing county (Donying city Shandong Province), was taken to the Central Hospital of Lijing County by Lijing Sub-district Family Planning Office and forced to induce labor, leading to her death. At present the article has been transferred and commented by nearly one thousand web friends. Yesterday fanfucn.com and konggaocn.com investigated the event via telephone interview. (p.s.Screenshot from NvQuan.org. Click to enlarge)

“Folk1987” also posted the dead woman, Jihong Ma’s picture on the blog. The blog article says, “On the 12^th of this month when a six-month-pregnant woman was taking oxygen therapy, more than ten persons from the Family Planning Bureau came, took off the oxygen mask from her and forced her to induce labor. From the time she was put into operating room at 4:00 pm, there was no news about her. Because of her family members’ strong demands, the door of the operating room was opened around 10:00 pm. We went into the operating room. There wasn’t any doctor or nurse. Jihong Ma’s freezing body lay on the operating table with eyes open and without any breath.

The author of this article contacted “Folk1987” via the phone and learned that “Folk1987” is a relative of the dead woman, Jihong Ma. “Folk1987” indicated that what she had said was true. She said, “Jihong Ma’s daughter does not know yet that her Mom has passed away. She cries looking for Mom everyday. We asked for help from the news media of Shandong, but no one would like to step out. Web friends, please pay close attention to this event.”

What is the reason for this kind of terrible result (Jihong Ma’s one body, two lives [ended])? “Folk1987” said frankly that this result directly came from the Lijing Sub-district Family Planning Office’s rude action of taking Jihong Ma by force to Central Hospital Of Lijing County and forcing her to induce labor because she broke the one-child policy.

“Jihong Ma and her husband Xuetao Gao (Nickname Anliang Gao) have only had two kids. This pregnancy had been six months. On October 12, 2011 more than ten persons from Lijing Sub-district Family Planning Office came, took Jihong Ma by force to the Central Hospital of Lijing County and forced her to induce labor without caring for her safety.”

It is reported that because of being taken by force to the Central Hospital of Lijing County, Jihong Ma was really stressed and developed the symptom of breathing difficulty. When her family members tried to help her get oxygen therapy, a man who called himself the Secretary of Lijing Sub-district Office claimed that Jihong Ma was pretending. He said, “I’ve met too many people like Jihong Ma.”

“After that, several men took off Jihong Ma’s oxygen mask rudely, forced her to press a fingerprint on a piece of paper and then carried her to the delivery room. To our fear, a few people saw that while Jihong Ma was carried to the delivery room, her pants had been pulled down below her thighs, but the men who were carrying her did not care. Jihong Ma’s family member was beat up because of trying to stop several men’s rude behavior.” said “Folk1987” angrily.

Jihong Ma’s elder sister did not expect that Jihong Ma would die after she was put into the delivery room. “At that moment a person who called himself the Secretary of Sub-district Office said there would not be any problem. We also expressed that we would give up the baby in order to ensure the adult’s safety. But soon after Jihong Ma was put into the delivery room, the nurse came out and said they were rescuing Jihong Ma. After that the big iron door of the delivery room was closed and no one was seen after that.

It is known by the author of this article, on that day when the event happened it was 4:00 p.m. when the nurse of the Central Hospital of Lijing County claimed that they were rescuing Jihong Ma. Around 9:00 p.m. the man who called himself the Secretary of the Sub-district Office still claimed that they had found specialist to rescue Jihong Ma. At last no one knew when that “Secretary” left the hospital, while Jihong Ma’s family was still waiting with anxiety outside of the delivery room.

“At night around 10:00 pm, some one came, opened the door of the delivery room and slipped away. We ran into the delivery room and saw that the doctors and nurses all disappeared while poor Jihong Ma’s body had already been totally freezing cold with purple lips and bleeding nose, lying on the operating table without any movement.”

In the opinion of Jihong Ma’s family, the Central Hospital of Lijing County did not make any effort or do any treatment to rescue Jihong Ma. She died on the operation table, but her family did not see any record of a rescue effort. They did not see any doctor or nurse, and even at the nurses’ station they did not see any shadow of a half nurse on that day. Nobody in charge from the Central Hospital of Lijing County came out to communicate with Jihong Ma’s family.This farce, that Lijing Sub-district Family Planning Office forced the pregnant woman to induce labor, finally caused a terrible result of one body with two lives and ended roughly, with the escape of the related persons responsible for the event. (p.s. So far the Public Security Bureau has involved this case. They said they were investigating but did not tell the dead woman’s family how the case was going and whether they had dealt with the persons responsible for the event.)

Since the event happened, it has been several days. No one has prosecuted this case. When the author of this article called the Family Planning Bureau of Lijing County, a staff member who was on duty said, “The relationship between the Family Planning Bureau of Lijing County and Lijing Sub-district Family Planning Office is only professional guidance and the Family Planning Bureau of Lijing County has nothing to do with Jihong Ma’s case.”

While the author of this article called Lijing Sub-district Office a few times, the staff members who answered the calls all claimed that they did not know about this case. After one of the staff members of Lijing Sub-district Office asked for the instructions from his leader, he asked the author to contact the Propaganda Department of Lijing County Party Committee.

For the case of Jihong Ma’s one body with two lives, Yunlei Liu, a part-time researcher of China University of Political Science Research Center of Difficult Cases, member of Beijing Lawyers’ Association, thinks that the related persons responsible for the case should be prosecuted for criminal liability. According to some related laws, Jihong Ma’s family can also ask for compensation from Lijing Sub-district Office and the Central Hospital of Lijing County.

Up to the release of this report, the dead woman Jihong Ma’s family claimed that Lijing county had set up a special team to investigate this case. “Three days after the event we sent Jihong Ma’s body to the funeral home in order not to bother all the other patients who were receiving treatment at the Central Hospital of Lijing County. The people from the special investigating team asked if we had any request, and we had already notified them that we want to learn the cause of Jihong Ma’s death, and the related persons responsible for her death to be prosecuted,” said Jihong Ma’s family. The author of this article is going to continue to report this case. (Shuchun Ge, Aiguo Wu)

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Note: To read the original Chinese report, click here:

http://www.nvquan.org/2011/10/blog-post_306.html

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Is Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Dead or Alive?

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Reggie Littlejohn

Linyi County, Shandong Province, China. Ominous reports regarding blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng have emerged this week. According to Radio Free Asia, Chinese authorities detained a group of at least nine human rights activists trying to visit Chen Guangcheng. On Wednesday, many members of the group were cut off from communication. According to a report by Canyu, Shandong authorities shot at these activists. Most disturbing is a report by Voice of America, stating that villagers had said, “Chen is dead already.” VOA is attempting to verify Chen’s status.

“We are alarmed at the report that villagers are saying that Chen is already dead,” stated Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers. “If Chen is dead, then the Chinese Communist Party is fully responsible for killing him through torture, denial of medical treatment and slow starvation. If Chen is alive, we urgently demand that he and his family be released immediately and unconditionally, for medical evaluation and treatment.”

“We are concerned about the report that authorities have shot at the activists trying to visit Chen,” stated Bob Fu, President of the China Aid Association. “These netizens display the same brave spirit that Chen has, and they should continue in their courageous attempts to see him.” Regarding Gao Zhisheng, another human rights lawyer who has disappeared, Fu said, “Gao and Chen are shining lights for human rights in China. Their shocking torture and Gao’s disappearance demonstrate the CCP’s willingness to trample on the rule of law.”

Self-taught lawyer Chen exposed the systematic use of forced abortion and involuntary sterilization in implementing China’s One Child Policy. Time Magazine named him in its list of “2006’s Top 100 People Who Shape Our World,” in the category of “Heroes and Pioneers.” He has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Women’s Rights Without Frontiers and China Aid Association are spearheading an international effort to free Chen, together with the Jubilee Campaign and World Youth Alliance. To watch a brief video about Chen and sign a petition to free him, click here: http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=chen-guangcheng

Personal Prison Prepared for Forced Abortion Opponent Chen

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Reggie Littlejohn

Blind forced abortion opponent Chen Guangcheng and his wife, Yuan Weijing, will be transferred to a small prison built specifically for them, according to a Radio Free Asia report. Activist He Peirong stated that the couple will be forcibly removed from their home and transferred to a building “which basically amounts to a jail” so that authorities can “keep tighter controls on them.” They will be separated from their five-year-old daughter in the move. Their young son, living with relatives, was reportedly strip-searched leaving the family home.

Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, decried this action. “The Chinese Communist Party has already beaten and tortured Chen and his wife, denied them medical treatment, stolen their television, phone, computer and books, and appears to be slowly starving them to death. The couple is constantly surrounded by 66 guards and multiple surveillance cameras tracking their every move inside and outside their home. Why is the CCP so threatened by a blind, sick, penniless man that they have to build a personal prison for him? They seek to make an example of Chen, to demonstrate how they will punish anyone who challenges their forced abortion policies. But they are really making an example of their own, shameful brutality.”

Bob Fu, President of China Aid, said “The treatment of Chen Guangcheng and the torture and disappearance of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, are unconscionable. These are not the acts of a government that respects the rule of law. Since the beginning of this year, the CCP has launched an offensive against human rights lawyers and activists, religious leaders, house church Christians and even dissident artists. We urge the release of those unjustly imprisoned, tortured and disappeared.”

Chen was arrested in 2006 for exposing evidence that 130,000 forced abortions and involuntary sterilizations were performed on women in Linyi County, Shandong Province in a single year. Time Magazine named him one of “2006’s Top 100 People Who Shape Our World.” Chen spent four years in prison. Since his release, he continues under house arrest. He and his wife have been beaten repeatedly and denied medical treatment.

To watch “Free Chen Guangcheng!” (three minutes), click here:

http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/blog/?p=296

To sign a petition to free Chen, click here:

http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=chen-guangcheng

Women’s Rights Without Frontiers and China Aid are spearheading a campaign to free Chen Guangcheng. The Jubilee Campaign and World Youth Alliance are partners in this effort.

To see the Radio Free Asia report, click here:

‘Jail’ Built for Activist, Family

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/jail-08302011123544.html

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Biden and Obama – If China’s Forced Abortion Is “Repugnant,” Why Are You Funding UNFPA?

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Reggie Littlejohn

This piece was originally published in the National Review Online.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/275483/mr-vice-president-can-you-second-guess-yourself-unfpa-funding-now-reggie-littlejohn

Blasted with criticism, Vice President Biden is trying to take back what he said in Sichuan, China: that he “fully understands” China’s One Child Policy, but is “not second-guessing” it. Chastened, Biden now says that China’s coercive population control program is “repugnant.” Indeed, his spokeswoman insists that the entire “Obama administration strongly opposes all aspects of China’s coercive birth limitation policies, including forced abortion and sterilization.”

Words spoken before the world in an official capacity cannot be unspoken. The bell, once rung, cannot be un-rung.

However, the Obama administration now has publicly admitted it knows that China practices forced abortion and sterilization. This is progress.

Should we believe that this administration “strongly opposes” these practices?

Actions speak louder than words. If the Obama administration “strongly opposes” forced abortion in China, then why did they restore funding to UNFPA (United Nations Family Planning Fund), an operative “abortion provider” in China? In 2001, the U.S. cut funding to UNFPA because an investigation, headed by then Secretary of State Colin Powell, found that UNFPA was complicit in the coercive implementation of China’s One Child Policy. In 2008, the U.S. State Department reaffirmed that determination, and yet the Obama administration resumed funding in 2009. President Obama’s FY 2012 budget requests $47 million for UNFPA.

The current administration also funds the International Planned Parenthood Federation. The IPPF works hand in hand with the coercive Chinese Communist population control machine. Their website declares, “The China Family Planning Association (CFPA) plays a very important role in China’s family planning programme. It supports the present family planning policy of the government . . .”

Funding UNFPA and IPPF is not “strong opposition” to coercive family planning. It is support. At issue are the true aims behind the actions of the Obama administration. Are they “pro-choice,” as they say, or is their real aim population control, even if coercive?

Earlier this year, U.S. citizens voted to cut UNFPA funding under the new YOUCUT program. http://majorityleader.gov/YouCut/P2_W1.htm Because of this vote, Rep. Renee Ellmers will introduce legislation to cut UNFPA, saving $400 million over the next ten years.

If the Obama administration is sincere in saying it “strongly opposes . . . forced abortion and sterilization,” then it will either insist that UNFPA and IPPF cease operation in China, or it will defund these organizations.

To sign a petition against forced abortion in China, click here:

http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=sign_our_petition

Posted in abortion, China, China's One Child Policy, coerced abortion, Colin Powell, Forced Abortion, forced sterilization, human dignity, Human Rights, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Joe Biden, One Child Policy, Planned Parenthood, pro-choice, pro-life, Reggie Littlejohn, Renee Ellmers, reproductive health, reproductive rights, right to choose, Uncategorized, UNFPA, women's rights, Women's Rights Without Frontiers, Youcut | Comments Off

Chinese Human Rights Abusers — House Bill May Deny Entry into the U.S.

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Reggie Littlejohn

If passed, H.R. 2121, the “China Democracy Promotion Act of 2011,” would enable the President to deny entry into the U.S. for Chinese nationals who have “committed human rights abuses” against people in China, including anyone who “has participated in the imposition of . . . China’s coercive birth limitation policy.” Under this wide-ranging bill, the President would also have discretion to deny entry to Chinese nationals who have participated in a wide range of human rights abuses.

Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, stated, “Decades ago, Congress barred foreign persecutors from obtaining asylum in the United States, to keep out Nazi war criminals. Why should Chinese officials who force women to have abortions, persecute ethnic minorities, torture people for their religious beliefs, repress public interest lawyers and jail journalists be welcomed to our land? These persecutors need to be held accountable. They do not deserve to set foot on U.S. soil.”

Passage of this bill, however, may not be enough. The key player is the President. Even if the bill passes, will President Obama take a strong stand for the suffering people of China and deny entry to their persecutors? Littlejohn stated, “Nothing in his record thus far indicates that President Obama would deny entry to Chinese government persecutors, at least where the One Child Policy is concerned. To the contrary, President Obama restored funding to UNFPA, which former Secretary of State Colin Powell found to be working hand in hand with the Chinese coercive family planning machine. And on his official visit, Vice President Biden just told China ‘Your policy has been one which I fully understand — I’m not second-guessing — of one child per family.’ If Biden ‘fully understands’ the One Child Policy, then he understands it is enforced through forced abortion. If he is ‘not second-guessing’ it, then he is not opposing it.”

The bill was introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), and is sponsored by Reps. Frank Wolf (R-Va.), Dan Burton (R-Ind.), and Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.). Significantly, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) newly signed on as a co-sponsor, which increases the likelihood that the bill will move through the Committee.

Watch a video about forced abortion in China:

http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/blog/?p=219

Sign a petition against forced abortion and sexual slavery in China:

http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=sign_our_petition

Read the text of H.R. 2121:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.2121:

Judiciary Committee’s Smith supports China visa bill – The Hill’s Floor Action

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/177275-judiciary-committees-smith-supports-china-visa-bill

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Biden “Fully Understands” Forced Abortion in China (An Open Letter)

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Reggie Littlejohn

Dear Vice President Biden,

I write concerning the remark you made Sunday during your official visit to China: “Your policy has been one which I fully understand — I’m not second-guessing — of one child per family.”

By your own admission, then, you “fully understand”:

That China’s One Child Policy is enforced through forced abortion and involuntary sterilization;

That, because of the traditional preference for boys, girls are disproportionately subject to abortion, abandonment and infanticide;

That because of this gendercide, there are an estimated 37 million more males than females living in China today;

That this severe gender imbalance is a powerful, driving force behind human trafficking and sexual slavery from nations surrounding China;

That according to the World Health Organization, China has the highest female suicide rate of any country in the world. Approximately 500 Chinese women kill themselves each day. Could this extraordinary suicide rate be related to the trauma of enduring a forced abortion or forced sterilization?

Since you “fully understand” this, how can you then state that you do not “second-guess” this policy, which causes more violence to women and girls than any other official policy on earth? I understand that you have several children. Would you “second-guess” this policy if it were the law of the United States? Can you imagine the devastation if it were your own wife being dragged away to forcibly abort your children? Families in China endure this every day. Is such a policy acceptable so long as it does not affect U.S. families, but only Chinese families?

Or do you agree with CNN’s Ted Turner, and with Norman Fleishman, the former Planned Parenthood executive, both of whom have stated that the United States should adopt the One Child Policy?

To say that you “fully understand” and yet do not “second-guess” the One Child Policy is to turn a blind eye to the incalculable suffering caused by this policy. If you disagree, please issue a statement clarifying your remarks. Otherwise, why should we not conclude that for you, forced abortion, forced sterilization, infanticide and gendercide are acceptable forms of population control?

If you truly wish to “fully understand” forced abortion in China, watch this four minute video: http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/blog/?p=219

I, too, “fully understand” the coercive enforcement of China’s One Child Policy. It is an atrocity that must be abolished from the face of the earth.

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Planned Parenthood: Former Exec Says U.S. Should Adopt China’s One Child Policy

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Reggie Littlejohn

In a new letter to the editor of the Napa Valley Register, Norman Fleishman wrote that, unless the U.S. enacts the Obama administration’s health care plan and China’s One Child Policy, “the world is doomed to strangle among the coils of pitiless exponential growth.”

It is inexcusable that someone in Fleishman’s position should make such an appalling recommendation. As a former Planned Parenthood Executive Vice President, he is obligated to get his facts straight.

China’s One Child Policy causes more violence to women and girls than any other official policy on earth. It is China’s war on women. It is enforced through forced abortion, forced sterilization and infanticide. It has led to gendercide, the sex-selective abortion of baby girls. Planned Parenthood should agree: whether you’re pro-choice or pro-life, no one supports forced abortion, because it’s not a choice. To watch a four minute video exposing the truth about forced abortion in China, click here: http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/blog/?p=219

In China, a woman’s body is not her own. It is the domain of the state. The Chinese Communist Party functions as “womb police,” wielding the very power of life and death over women’s wombs. This is a terrible violation of both women’s rights and human rights. After 30 years of such a legacy, one thing is clear: it is time for the international community to rise up for the women and girls of China. To sign a petition against forced abortion in China, click here: http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=sign_our_petition

Fleishman’s recommendation that the United States adopt the One Child Policy brings into sharp focus the following issue, which Planned Parenthood must publicly resolve, since it is publicly funded. Does Planned Parenthood truly stand for “choice,” or does it stand for population control, even if that means forced abortion? If Planned Parenthood stands for “choice,” then why are they working hand in hand with the Chinese Communist Party’s coercive population control machine? The IPPF website openly declares, “The China Family Planning Association (CFPA) plays a very important role in China’s family planning programme. It supports the present family planning policy of the government, which is appropriate for the present national situation . . .” http://www.ippf.org/en/Where/cn.htm.

If Planned Parent really stands for “choice,” they should oppose forced abortion in China, not seek to expand it to America. Women’s Rights Without Frontiers calls upon Planned Parenthood immediately to repudiate Fleishman’s remark – if they indeed disagree with it.

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Sex-Selective Abortion: China’s “Vow” to Crack Down an Empty Promise?

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Reggie Littlejohn

AP reported yesterday that “China vows [a] crackdown on sex-selective abortions” to close the the gendercide gap. Don’t hold your breath.

A BBC news article, “China acts to protect baby girls,” reported the same vow in 2004. Zhao Baige, then Deputy Director (now Vice Minister) of China’s National Population and Family Planning Commission, vowed seven years ago: “Illegal sex determination and sex-selective abortion must be strictly banned . . . China has set the goal of lowering the sex ratio to a normal level by 2010.”

The result? In 2004, there were 117 boys born for every 100 girls born. In 2011 – a year after China had vowed to bring sex ratios to a normal level — there are now 119 boys born for every 100 girls born. The gender gap has not closed, but widened.

Same government. Same vow. Should we expect a different result?

We remember Zhao from the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit. Leading the charge to define human beings as walking carbon footprints, she stated:

“The [Chinese One Child] policy on family planning proves to be a great success. It not only contributes to reduction of global emission, but also provides experiences for other countries – developing countries in particular – in their pursuit for a coordinated and sustainable development. The 400 million births prevented as a result of China’s policy since it was introduced in the 1970s, and the drop in the child-per-couple average from 5.8 to 1.8, resulted in 1.8 billion fewer tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) being emitted each year.”

Zhao’s statement inspired a spate of articles extolling Chinese-style population control to combat global warming. CNN’s Ted Turner injected new energy into this movement during the 2010 climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico, when he stated that the whole world should adopt the One Child Policy.

Make no mistake. China’s One Child Policy is enforced through forced abortion, forced sterilization and infanticide. Women are dragged out of their homes, strapped to tables, and forced to abort babies they want, up to the ninth month of pregnancy. Women sometimes die during these violent procedures. The One Child Policy is China’s war on women. Adopting it world wide would hurl women’s rights back to the dark ages.

Watch a four-minute video exposing the truth about forced abortion in China: http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/blog/?p=219

Sign a petition against forced abortion in China:
http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=sign_our_petition

The following links relate to this article:

AP: China Vows Crackdown on Sex-Selective Abortions, 8/8/11 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g-YKCQEoSZyRFd43FhZFuB2GURRA?docId=e4ed80f8c24048c18f9d39063698ff98

Xinhua: China to harshly crack down on non-medical sex selective abortion, 8/8/11 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-08/08/c_131036407.htm

Xinhua: China faces increasing gender ratio, 8/9/11 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-08/09/c_131038831.htm

BBC News: China Acts to Protect Baby Girls, 7/15/04 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3896669.stm

CNS News: China Minister Links ‘One-Child’ Policy to Emissions Reduction at Climate Conference, 12/11/09 http://www.cnsnews.com/node/58412

The Examiner: Ted Turner calls for global One Child Policy, 12/7/10 http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-spokane/ted-turner-calls-for-global-one-child-policy

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Amendment for Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Passes Today

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Reggie Littlejohn

Women’s Rights Without Frontiers and China Aid announce that today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed Rep. Chris Smith’s amendment to the State Department 2012 appropriation bill. Citing Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, Rep. Smith proposed a successful amendment in support of blind activist Chen Guangcheng and his wife.

Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, stated, “We congratulate Rep. Chris Smith on his leadership in sponsoring this far-reaching amendment, which urges the Chinese government to stop harassing the Chen family, to release them from house arrest, and to arrange for immediate medical treatment. It further urges the Obama administration to arrange diplomatic visits to the Chen family. Beyond this, it highlights the tragedy of forced abortion and coercive family planning in China. This amendment comes just in time, as Chen’s health is frail and deteriorating rapidly.”

Bob Fu, President of China Aid, stated, “This historic amendment also raises the issue of the harassment, arrest, disappearance and disbarment of Chinese human rights lawyers and defenders. We hope to see the Obama administration take effective action on behalf of Chen and other human rights defenders who are suffering incalculable harm as a result of their courage to stand up for human rights in China. We look forward to the day when Chen Guangcheng, Gao Zhisheng, and other Chinese human rights heroes are free.”

Women’s Rights Without Frontiers and China Aid are spearheading a campaign to free blind activist Chen Guangcheng, whose health is in serious jeopardy because of repeated beatings and malnutrition he suffers in house detention. Chen exposed the fact that there were 130,000 forced abortions and involuntary sterilizations in Linyi County in 2005. The Chinese Communist Party imprisoned Chen for four years and three months and has kept him and his family under strict house arrest since September, 2010. His health is declining because of malnutrition, intestinal illness, repeated torture and the denial of medical treatment. In a letter recently smuggled out of China Chen’s wife, Yuan Weijing, said she was worried about his survival. Yuan has also been tortured and denied medical treatment.

The World Youth Alliance and the Jubilee Campaign are partnering with Women’s Rights Without Frontiers and China Aid in the effort to free Chen.

To watch a 3 minute video about Chen, click here. http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/blog/?p=296

To sign the petition to free Chen, click here:
http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=chen-guangcheng

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