No “Choice” for Chinese Women

The maternity ward in Guangzhou's Taihe hospital where three young Chinese surrogate mothers said they were forced into abortions by authorities February 28, 2009.

Women acting as surrogate mothers for infertile couples in China have been victims of brutally forced abortions. Although they are knowingly breaking national law by participating in the so-called “womb for rent” industry, the actions taken by government officials are appalling. Rather than bring judicial action, police have reportedly dragged pregnant women to clinics where they perform abortions without consent.

One surrogate mother Xioa Hong said: “I was crying ‘I don’t want to do this’,but they still dragged me in and injected my belly with a needle,” the 20-year-old told Reuters of her ordeal which happened in late February.

“It’s an absolute crime,” said Lu Jinfeng, the founder of the “China Surrogate Mother” website. Forcefully dragging people away like this to undergo an abortion is a savage illegal act that violates human rights.”

Sadly, the global pro-choice community overlooks this darker side of advocating abortion internationally and therefore contributes to the terrible mistreatment of mothers and unborn children.

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