{"id":2048,"date":"2015-08-10T00:28:40","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T00:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/?p=2048"},"modified":"2019-03-28T02:48:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T02:48:57","slug":"china-baby-girl-flushed-down-toilet-rescued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/china-baby-girl-flushed-down-toilet-rescued\/","title":{"rendered":"China: Baby Girl Flushed Down Toilet, Rescued"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BEIJING.\u00a0 A newborn baby girl was discovered flushed down a public toilet in Beijing, according to CNN and the Beijing Times.\u00a0 Beijing police rescued the tiny girl, wedged face down in the toilet pipe, when residents reported the sound of an infant crying.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer head was upside down and her body was falling into the drain.\u00a0 We could only vaguely see her feet from the side,\u201d Qian Feng, the local police chief, told the Beijing Times.\u00a0 At first the police wanted to dismantle the toilet, but then worried there would not be enough time.\u00a0 \u201cShe just kept crying.\u00a0 I looked again, and thought we should try to pull her out even if the possibility [of her survival] might be slim.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The baby is reportedly in stable condition, and police are trying to find her mother.\u00a0 A young woman was seen walking away from the public toilets just before the infant was heard crying.\u00a0 No one recognized the woman or knows where to find her.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers, stated:\u00a0 \u201cIt breaks my heart that this precious little girl was stuffed down a dirty, public toilet, and I\u2019m grateful that she has been rescued.\u00a0 Who knows what unique contribution she will make with her days upon this earth?\u00a0 When girls are selectively aborted or abandoned, this conveys the message that females do not deserve to live.\u00a0 Gendercide is the most violent form of discrimination against women and girls.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Littlejohn continued:\u00a0 \u201cMeanwhile, this incident powerfully demonstrates that gendercide still exists in China, despite the so-called \u2018relaxation\u2019 of the One Child Policy.\u00a0 Even under the newest exception to the Policy (which allows a second child to couples with one parent who is an only child), it is still illegal for an unmarried woman to have a baby.\u00a0 If they won\u2019t agree to an elective abortion, these women may be forcibly aborted.\u00a0 Perhaps the woman who abandoned her daughter was unmarried and fell into desperation, thinking she had no alternative.\u00a0 Unfortunately, we may never know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers is ending gendercide, one baby girl at a time.\u00a0 We have saved nearly 200 baby girls.\u00a0 Learn more about our campaign here:\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/index.php?nav=end-gendercide-and-forced-abortion<\/a><\/p>\n

Read the original CNN report:\u00a0 Newborn baby pulled alive from toilet in Beijing
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