In the September 19, 2005 issue of Time Magazine there was an article concerning the forced abortions and mass sterilizations caried out by the Chinese government (mostly local) on women who already had one child, the limit the law allows. Though the Chinese federal government says that it is not their policy, people who have witnessed and experienced the events are now suffering from health related issues. The scars of carrying a child for 8.5 months only to have nurses strap her to a table while doctors drive a needle into the child to kill it and then take the child's body are unbearable.
The reason they say it occurs, however, is that population increase is a key statistic that could cost a local official any type of promotion. If the province is experiencing population growth due to too many babies being born local officials will not advance their careers.
It is heartbreaking to come to grips with the fact people will sacrafice babies and even the lives of adults for their own ambitions of power. Is it not a violation of human rights to abort babies against the mother's will?
