Chinese Government Admits to Case of Forced Abortion

It's a well-known fact that the last four decades of China's history has been characterized by rampant forced abortions. Their policy purportedly changed in 2001, but forced abortions are still prevalent throughout the country. A recent article tells of a recent case where the Chinese government actually owned up to a recent individual case of forced abortion.

Chinese authorities confirmed Thursday that a woman was forced to abort seven months into her pregnancy, several days after her plight came to light when images of her baby's corpse were posted online.

What's new is here that it (a) there is public outrage in China, (b) the Chinese government publicly admits it, (c) hopefully there will be new momentum for human rights groups to hold China to task.

We'll never forget when our Madge was born, in China.  We immediately noticed some interesting phenomenon. Due to limited supply, pregnant women seemed super careful and cautious and pregnancy seemed treated as sacrosanct. In addition, everyone wanted to see the baby when we were out in the shops and markets--apparently, babies there don't go out in public until they're a month old while we were out and about after the first week. Finally, everyone we spoke with in China had the same message: Have more than one child! Believe me, we're trying. :)