{"id":1914,"date":"2015-03-05T04:57:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T04:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2015-03-05T04:57:48","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T04:57:48","slug":"chinas-one-child-policy-continues-to-destroy-lives-despite-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/chinas-one-child-policy-continues-to-destroy-lives-despite-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"CHINA\u2019S ONE CHILD POLICY CONTINUES TO DESTROY LIVES, DESPITE REPORTS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Congressman Chris Smith, Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, and Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers President Reggie Littlejohn spoke out against coercive family planning in China at The Heritage Foundation in October 2014.<\/p><\/div>\n

On January 1, 2014, the Chinese Communist Party tweaked the One Child Policy, allowing couples in which either parent is an only child to have a second child.\u00a0 This minor exception has been widely and wrongfully reported as an \u201ceasing\u201d or \u201crelaxation\u201d of the One Child Policy.\u00a0 One non-profit organization recently released a statement that they \u201cwould like to celebrate and rejoice\u201d in the \u201cvictory\u201d that additional babies have been born under the most recent exception.\u00a0 Their statement \u2013 and the reports published in the mainstream media — do not mention the fact that the Chinese Communist Party has made no promise whatsoever to end coercive birth control.\u00a0 To the contrary, on January 28, 2015, Chinese Communist Party news organ Chinadaily.com stated, \u201cNational Health and Family Planning Commission officials said in November [2014] that China currently has no plans to suspend or further relax its One-Child Policy.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cShanghai Couples Urged to have 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0Children\u201d 1\/28\/15\u00a0http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/china\/2015-01\/28\/content_19424074.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0At an October 2014 event concerning the One Child Policy co-hosted by The Heritage Foundation and Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers, blind activist Chen Guangcheng described a \u201cwar zone\u201d caused by brutal family planning abuses: \u201cIn today\u2019s China, under the Communist rule, the government can put their hand into your body, grab your baby out of your womb, and kill your baby in your face.\u201d \u00a0\u201cThey Will Kill Your Baby in Your Face \u2013 Chinese Activist Chen Guangcheng\u201d 11\/4\/14 \u00a0http:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/?p=1863<\/a>.\u00a0 At the same event, Cong. Chris Smith called the one-child policy, \u201cthe most egregious, vicious attack on women ever.\u00a0 China\u2019s one-child policy announced in 1979 is state-sponsored violence against women and children \u2013 including and especially the girl child \u2013 and constitutes massive crimes against humanity.\u201d \u00a0400 Million Lives \u201cPrevented\u201d through the One Child Policy, Chinese Official Says 10\/10\/14\u00a0http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/penny-starr\/400-million-lives-prevented-through-one-child-policy-chinese-official-says<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Reggie Littlejohn, president of Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers, stated, \u201cThe coercive enforcement of the One Child Policy continues unabated, destroying women, children, whole families \u2013 and indeed, the fabric of Chinese society.\u00a0 It constitutes the greatest women\u2019s rights violation on the face of the earth and in the history of the world.\u00a0 Whether you are pro-life or pro-choice, no one supports forced abortion, because it is not a choice.\u00a0 The One Child Policy does not need to be \u2018eased.\u2019\u00a0 It needs to be abolished.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0There has been a tragic rise in murder and suicide associated with the crushing \u201csocial compensation fees,\u201d which can cost up to fourteen times a person\u2019s annual salary, an amount the vast majority of Chinese citizens cannot afford.\u00a0 If the parents are unable to pay these \u201cterror fines,\u201d their children will be denied \u201chukou,\u201d or household registration.\u00a0 Without hukou, children are ineligible for healthcare or education.\u00a0 They become illegal aliens in their own land. \u201cChinese Mother, fined $54,200 for Flouting One-child Policy, Sues Police.\u00a0http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/content\/reu-chinese-mother-fined-54200-one-child-policy-sues\/1803992.html<\/a>12\/5\/13<\/p>\n

\u00a0Here are some of the reported tragedies caused by the One Child Policy.\u00a0 Most abuses suffered under the One Child Policy are never reported in the west.<\/p>\n