{"id":1876,"date":"2014-11-24T06:52:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T06:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/?p=1876"},"modified":"2014-11-24T06:52:10","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T06:52:10","slug":"baby-girl-saved-from-forced-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/baby-girl-saved-from-forced-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby girl saved from forced abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"

This fall, Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers wishes your family a very Happy Thanksgiving! \u00a0<\/strong>As you gather with your family to give thanks, is there a girl in your life you\u2019d like to thank \u2013 for just being her? If so, we\u2019d like to help you let her know you care!<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the month of November, you can help \u201cSave a Girl\u201d by \u201cthanking a girl\u201d \u2013 more info below!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is a girl for whom we are most thankful \u2013 MEIRONG (her name has been changed to protect her identity) \u2013 one of more than 100 girls saved by our \u201cSave a Girl\u201d Campaign.<\/p>\n

\"Baby<\/a>Meirong\u2019s parents are poor farmers in rural China. They already had a son, so they were not allowed to have a second child. Meirong\u2019s mother got pregnant by accident. In China if a woman becomes pregnant without a birth permit \u2013 illegally <\/em>pregnant — the Chinese government can force her to have an abortion up to the ninth month of pregnancy, unless she can afford to pay a fine as high as ten times her annual salary, an expense few can afford.<\/p>\n

Meirong\u2019s mother did not want to abort her, so she was forced to hide herself in fear for several months. Unable to go to work with her growing belly, Meirong\u2019s mother and her family, already poor, experienced even greater financial hardship. Life was frightening \u2013 what would happen to Meirong\u2019s mother if someone reported her? She could run away, but then the police could jail and torture her husband until she handed herself over to be forcibly aborted. And even if she could escape the brutal authorities, how were they going to live on so little money? Meirong\u2019s parents wanted to keep her but they did not know how they could handle the burden imposed by the One Child Policy.<\/p>\n

That is, until one of WRWF\u2019s undercover fieldworkers heard about the suffering of Meirong\u2019s mother and went to her home to offer hope. The fieldworker told her about our \u201cSave a Girl\u201d campaign and how we are helping families keep their daughters. Through the aid of one year of WRWF monthly stipends, Meirong\u2019s family is defying the forces of a controlling government and poverty. Meirong\u2019s mother proudly gave birth, and she and her husband are raising their little girl.<\/p>\n

Now, you see why we are so thankful to see her wrapped warmly and tenderly in her pink blanket.<\/p>\n

This Thanksgiving, will you help \u201cSave a Girl\u201d by giving thanks for yours?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maybe you can\u2019t wrap your girl in a pink blanket anymore, but you can wrap her in words of gratitude!<\/p>\n

Step 1: Donate $25 or more \u2013 the amount of money it takes to help support a girl saved in China for one month<\/p>\n

Step 2: Indicate in the notes section of your donation the woman or girl you wish to honor, and her email address. We will send her a message to let her know you have given her a donation in her honor to our \u201cSave a Girl\u201d Campaign.<\/p>\n

Would you consider becoming a monthly donor, a \u201cGirlSaver?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

For only $25 per month or $300 per year, our GirlSavers have helped WRWF save at-risk babies in China, babies like Meirong, who might not be alive if one of our undercover fieldworkers had not met her mother and assured her that little girls are just as special as boys. Because of your generosity, we can continue to save girls in China.<\/p>\n

If you want your donation to go to the Save a Girl campaign, write \u201cSave a Girl\u201d in the memo line.\u00a0 Otherwise, the donation will go where most needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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