Reproductive Policy in China From Jay Manifold: Millions of Chinese men and women have been forcibly aborted or sterilized under China's "population control policy." Hundreds of victims have fled to America to spare their child's life or who fear their own safety. Since the Clinton Administration agrees with China's one-child policy, refusing to consider it persecution, these immigrants have been held in prisons throughout America for almost 2 years. Their families in China have been harshly punished, with fines of up to several years' wages, or their homes bulldozed. First-hand accounts of the one-child policy reveal the inhumane treatement, including: Incarcerating pregnant women in barracks until they acquiesce to abortions and/or sterilizations. Handcuffing mothers in their last trimester, herding them into cages and delivering them by the truckload to the operating tables of abortion clinics. Carrying out sterilization or abortion without the consent or knowledge of the women. Crushing the skulls of infants with forceps during delivery or injecting iodine, alcohol, or formaldehyde into their soft spots as they are crowning so that they are born dead. Cutting off food, electricity, water and wages for couples who refuse to comply. Confiscating the furniture, livestock, and even homes of families who refuse to comply. Demolishing the homes of those who refuse to comply. Physical torture of those who refuse to comply. On February 14, 1995, the Chinese government announced a new campaign of even more rigorous enforcement of the one-child policy. Federal authorities from the Department of Justice and the INS have used deceitful, unethical, and perhaps illegal actions to keep the immigrants in jail and to quietly deport them. The Clinton administration not only supports China's one-child policy, they subsidize it with tax dollars through foreign aid for "family planning." On February 27, 1995, the Fifth Circuit Appellate Court denied the immigrants' plea for asylum. They now face deportation back to China, and certain torture. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I find this disterbing
Im glad China has the restrictions on the amount of children but am disturbed by how far they are going to enforce it. These people have 10 children per family and will keep having babies until they have a boy. Is 1 or 2 not enough? Its not like they could feed all of them anyways. Oh yeah, they give up 3/4 of their children for adoption and they are adopted by American Families. Their basketball teams suck as well.........
I am for the HEART of the policy but not how they do it, but the Main thing I find appling is that Our tax dollars are supporting this
youd be even more appauled at the actions of some of the nation, killing a child knowingly because its not male.
I debated this topic back in 96, china's human rights violations are pretty disturbing, but almost justified gievn the size and state of the country. Its a very sad thing imo, then we go and grant them most favored nations status under clinton and basically put our stamp of approval on it all.
