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Bao Yu was saved from sex-selected abortion at eight months.
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Sex-Selective Abortion at 8 Months Stopped by our Save a Girl Campaign!
In celebration of America’s independence on July 4th, will you
help these women gain more freedom by making it possible for them to
choose to keep their baby girl?
The story that follows is what happens in a land where people
are not free — and what happens when people like you, people who are
free, choose to step up and help the helpless.
Here you see a photo of precious Bao Yu (name has been changed to protect her identity).
When Bao Yu’s mother was 8 months pregnant, she went to the
hospital to determine the sex of the child. Her mother already had a
three-year old daughter, and her family was determined that this second
child would be a son. (In the countryside, where your first child is a
girl, you can have a second child. Many regard this second child as
their last chance to have a son.) When the doctor told Bao Yu’s mother she
was carrying a girl, her family tried to force her to abort. The family
wanted a boy, and because of the coercive enforcement of the One Child
Policy, they knew they could not have a boy if they kept baby Bao Yu.
Even though Bao
Yu’s mother couldn’t see her daughter in the womb, she knew that she
loved her and felt her growing day-by-day. Still, because of the intense
pressure from her family, she felt like she had no other option but to
abort her full-term pregnancy – just because her baby was a girl.
Bao
Yu was very fortunate that Women’s Rights Without Frontiers’ (WRWF)
learned that her mother was being pressured to abort her at eight
months. A WRWF undercover fieldworker visited Bao Yu’s mother and told
her about the “Save a Girl” program. Our fieldworker reassured her that
we are helping other families keep their girls too because
we believe that girls matter just as much as boys. We offered to give
the family a monthly stipend for a year, to help them support their new
daughter. With our help, Bao Yu’s mother was able to stand against the
cultural tide of son-preference and give birth to precious baby Bao Yu.
We are saving lives and changing the culture, one family at a time!
Bao Yu’s story is repeated all over China millions of
times each year. Families who already have a daughter will routinely
abort their second pregnancy if it’s a girl. Because of this brutal
practice, there are 37 million more men living in China than women. And
this gender imbalance is driving human trafficking and sexual slavery.
This American Independence Day, will you become a GirlSaver? Any
donation is welcome, including a one-time donation. But would you
consider becoming a monthly donor, a “GirlSaver?” For only $25 per month
or $300 per year, our GirlSavers have helped WRWF save at-risk babies
in China, babies like Bao Yu, who might not be alive if one of our
undercover fieldworkers had not met her mother and assured her that
little girls are just as special as boys. Because of your generosity, we
can continue to save girls in China.
YES, I WANT TO HELP END GENDERCIDE AND FORCED ABORTION IN CHINA!
Your
donation enables Women’s Rights Without Frontiers to continue to be a
voice for the voiceless women and children of China. This huge effort
comes at a cost. We need your support. Please give as generously as you
can. Every donation makes a difference! Thank you for your generosity!
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