Forced Abortion And Persecution of Children

Forced abortion and persecution of children
the emotional bond that a mother has with her child, whether born or unborn, is a sacred and powerful one. In chinaâ's labor camps, not only is this bond not respected, but it is wielded as a weapon to force pregnant women or mothers to give up their belief in falun gong.

For example, one cannot imagine the anguish of ms. Wang lixuan when labor camp authorities tortured her infant son to death and took her life as well.

Because detaining pregnant women is against policy in china's labor camps, it is common for pregnant detainees to have forced abortions. In one case, when a falun gong practitionerâ's baby was ripped from her womb after eight months, the baby was conscious and crying; it was taken away, never to be seen again. Pregnant and nursing women are also forced to perform hard labor, often resulting in complications in pregnancy and miscarriage.

Scores of children have been left unattended after their parents are detained. They wait anxiously with relatives for their parents to return, not knowing whether they ever will come home. In some cases children are left alone to fend for themselves, and dozens have been orphaned.

Mother and eight-month-old son tortured to death
on october 21, 2000, ms. Wang lixuan and her eight-month-old son, meng hao, were arrested and detained at tuanhe labor camp in beijing, where they were tortured to death on november 7, 2000. When her family received the death notice and arrived in beijing, they found the frozen corpses of ms. Wang and her son. According to the coronerâ's examination, her neck and knucklebones were broken, her skull was sunken, and there was a needle stuck in her body.

There were two deep bruises on her sonâ's ankles, two black and blue spots on his head, and blood in his nose. The bruises may have been caused by guards shackling little meng haoâ's ankles and hanging him upside down.

The authorities declared on the death certificate that the two had â committed suicide by jumping off a building,â even though this was inconsistent with their injuries and the coronerâ's report.

Family members of ms. Wang have also been persecuted. Her sister, ms. Wang lihui, was sent to a labor camp simply because she practiced falun gong exercises at yantai university, and her brother was sent to a labor camp for practicing falun gong at jinan industrial college.

Forced abortion at full term
ms. Zhang hanyun, 33, is a resident of hanzhong city, shanxi province.

In march of 2000, because ms. Zhang practices falun gong, she was forced to attend the anti-falun gong brainwashing class held by the hanzhong city â 610 office,â even though she was pregnant and expecting her new baby soon. To avoid persecution, ms. Zhang hid with a relativeâ's family. Her father owned a contraction company. Under instructions from the hanzhong city â 610 officeâ staff members, the beiguan administrative office closed down the construction sites of ms. Zhangâ's father and brother in an attempt to force them to hand over ms. Zhang. They also handcuffed ms. Zhangâ's husband to the jialing river bridge to humiliate him.

In the end, ms. Zhang was arrested and sent to the brainwashing class. When the staff of the hanzhong city â 610 officeâ realized that ms. Zhang would soon be giving birth to a baby, in order to keep her detained at the brainwashing class, they took her to a hospital, where she was subjected to forced late-term abortion by dilation and extraction. The horrifying procedure is hard to imagine.