MCLC: forced abortion photo sparks outrage

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Bill (billgoldman at ac.com)
Subject: forced abortion photo sparks outrage
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Source: BBC (6/14/12): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18435126

China 'forced abortion photo' sparks outragemother was forced to have an
abortion has shocked Chinese internet users.

Feng Jiamei, from Zhenping county in Shaanxi, was allegedly made to
undergo the procedure by local officials in the seventh month of pregnancy.

Ms Feng was forced into the abortion as she couldn't pay the fine for
having a second child, US-based activists said.

Rights groups say China's one-child policy has meant women being coerced
into abortions, which Beijing denies.

National and local family planning authorities are investigating the
incident, the Global Times newspaper reports.

"Feng Jianmei's story demonstrates how the One-Child Policy continues to
sanction violence against women every day," said Chai Ling of the US-based
activist group All Girls Allowed.

The group says it spoke to Ms Feng and her husband Deng Jiyuan after the
incident. Mr Deng said his wife had been forcibly taken to hospital and
restrained before the procedure.

Unnamed local officials in Zhenping county quoted in local media reports
denied forcing Ms Feng to have the abortion.
"This is what they say the Japanese devils and Nazis did. But it's
happening in reality and it is by no means the only case... They [the
officials] should be executed," one reader on news website netease.com
<http://netease.com/> said, according to Agence France-Presse.

Activist Chen Guangcheng, who was put under virtual house arrest for
campaigning against forced abortions, fled China to the US last month.