Here’s a story you might not have the stomach to listen to or read all the way through.
But I think it’s important to. These are the consequences we suffer when we allow our fellow human beings in other countries to suffer under inhumane rules of law. A Chinese couple shares a heart-rending story of being forced to abort their second child when the mother was 8-months pregnant.
After running afoul of China’s One Child policy, a Chinese couple expected to be hit with a fine. But instead, officials demanded that the woman — who was in the eighth month of her pregnancy — have an abortion, according to a new Al Jazeera report.
In telling the couple’s story, Al Jazeera reporter Melissa Chan gained access to a hospital where a distraught Xiao Ai Ying said doctors had given her womb an injection. As Chan describes it, the two spoke while Xiao awaited a procedure to remove the dead fetus.
The couple’s story, along with a separate video interview with Xiao’s husband, is heartrending. And what makes it even more unusual, according to Chan, is that it occurred in the city of Xiamen, which sits on the coast across from Taiwan. Earlier reports of forced abortions in China have mostly been centered in the rural areas of the country’s western regions.
I don’t suppose I need to tell anyone that this is barbaric. Kidnapping pregnant women and forcibly injecting their pregnant wombs with poison for the “crime” of having a second child?
Even NPR calls it heart-rending. And points out a possible motivation or the recent crackdown on “illegal” pregnancies:
Official figures published by the Xinhua news agency shed some light on why a forced abortion campaign might be judged necessary. They show that the Baise government missed its family planning targets last year. The recorded birth rate was 13.61 percent, slightly higher than the goal of 13.5 percent. This is significant because the career prospects of local officials depend upon meeting these goals.
A couple mourns their child and a little girl mourns her sibling because a local official needed to bring the birth rate down by .11 percent. I have no words for that.
Prayer for Protection of Human Life at its Beginning
God our Father, you lovingly knit us in our mothers’ womb. Grant that each human embryo will be respected as a human being, and not dismissed as a product to be manipulated or destroyed. Grant us the courage and conviction to be your voice for our sisters and brothers at the very earliest stages of their development, and for all defenseless unborn children.
Jesus, Divine Healer, foster in those conducting medical research a commitment to finding cures in ways that respect these little ones and all your vulnerable children.
Holy Spirit, grant us the wisdom to develop morally sound treatments for conditions now thought to be incurable. Help us persevere in defending human life while alleviating suffering.
Show mercy to all who have cooperated in killing our tiniest brothers and sisters. Bring them and all who support destructive embryo research to true conversion. Grant them the ability to see the immeasurable dignity of all human beings even in the first days of life.
Father, we ask this in Jesus’ name, through the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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I weep for that couple and all that must endure such evil. If some people get their way we all will live under such intolerance to life.
I had a patient from China years ago from whom I was taking a history. Expressing surprise than she had only one child, I glanced at her face and read from her eyes filling with tears what had happened to her, and why she had come to America, too late though to have another child.
This is horrible and heart-rending. My heart breaks for this couple.
I think it’s important, though, to finish the story with a practical note. What can we do about it? Folks all over the world are praying about this situation already and these atrocities still happen. What is the solution?
Stop buying chinese, they do not deserve our support in improving their lives after this event
Roman abrum, your comment does not show much thought…
Kara: Keep praying unceasingly with more and more fervor!
We must pray for this couple and for all these horrors to end. I am in shock.
This is not something new. Steven W. Mosher of the Population Research Institute (google it) describes the same thing happening in 1980 when he visited China. “I was present when women 7, 8, 9 months pregnant… were given lethal injections into the womb to kill the unborn child.” This is a direct result of US foreign aid policies through the World Bank and the UN. International Planned Parenthood is paid to implement these policies. We need to demand a change to our foreign aid so it does not go into “family planning”.
You are all appalled and comment how “heart-rendering” this story is in China! What do you think is going on in every abortion clinic/Planned Parenthood office in this country. After all, a woman has the right to end her pregnancy up to the last month if it is deemed to save her life! We condemn China, but what are we doing here!!! God help us!
We as Christians aren’t holy any more. We serve two masters, God and money. We don’t honor the Sabbath. We live in sin. We are not examples, we pretty much live like the rest of world. Until the hearts of us Christians change, we cannot affect change in fellow Christians or “pagans”. Mother Mary pray and intercede for each of us individually to live as Christ’s light to brighten up the darkness.
When individuals are forced to follow secular philosophies this kind of thing results. Do you see any parallels with groupthink v. individual rights in our own nation? How far are we from imposing abortions,or imposing acceptance of agendas that contradict our beliefs? Some believe we are already there. Please vote your conscience and your values.
If we learned the origins of abortion in AMERICA, many of us would be shocked? Therefore many choose to remain ignorant of this truth by using terms and excuses such as freedom of choice, right to privacy and women rights. Ignorance can make us feel safe and confident with our choices. I urge you to review the trailer for a documentary called Maafa 21 which reveals much about our nation and its obsession with the promotion of so called family planning. www.maafa21.com
Lord have mercy! So very very sad for the poor mother and her sweet angel.
How does one forgive China of such crimes!!!!
LORD HAVE MERCY! SO VERY SAD INDEED, THE POOR MOTHER AND HER LITTLE ANGEL.
HOW DOES ONE FORGIVE CHINA FOR SUCH ATROCITIES.
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Yummy Mummy Maternity clothes? Lovely article? How crass. We don’t need advertisements from people who obviously didn’t READ said article. I know where I WON’T be buying maternity clothes.
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