On Being a Mom in China

China orders termination for mum-to-be

Chinese authorities have ordered Arzigul Tursun, who is 26 weeks pregnant, to abort her unborn child because she has two other children.

Because of its population of 1.3 billion, China maintains a one-child-per-family rule on majority Han Chinese.

Minority urban couples may have two children, while rural farmers may have three.

Arzigul holds a rural household registration but her husband is registered in an urban area.

Local officials eventually demanded that she terminate her pregnancy.

China says its population would have risen far more if 400 million abortions had not been performed in the past three decades.
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Source: Herald Sun (Australia)

Note: Think of it - 400 MILLION abortions in 30 years. That's more than 13 million per year, more than 35,500 per DAY! This is progress?