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China: Girl Saved from Sex-Selective Abortion at 6 months
This adorable three-week-old baby girl is “Lian”
(her name has been changed to protect her identity) – and she will never
know how hard her brave mother fought to keep her alive. Lian’s mother
wept as she told our undercover fieldworker her story.
When Lian’s mother was six months pregnant, she and
Lian’s paternal grandmother went to the hospital together for an
ultrasound to determine the baby’s gender. Lian’s mother told us that as
soon as the doctor announced the baby was a girl, her mother-in-law’s
expression changed from expectation to disappointment. Because Lian’s
father is the only son in his family, her paternal grandparents wanted a
grandson intensely. They felt they had lost this grandson when they
received the news that Lian is a girl. When Lian’s grandmother thought
that Lian was a boy, she had taken tender care of Lian’s mother, cooking
her delicious meals. When Lian’s grandmother learned that Lian is a
girl, her attitude changed completely: she began pressuring Lian’s
mother to abort Lian. Lian’s mother courageously refused to abort her
daughter.
After Lian’s birth, without her mother’s consent,
the grandmother even found a childless couple who wanted to adopt Lian.
Lian’s mother refused to give her daughter up for adoption. She loves
Lian and is determined to raise her.
Our fieldworker stepped into this heartbreaking
situation with a message of hope and support. We told Lian’s mother that
of course, girls are as valuable as boys – something women rarely or
never hear in rural China. We also offered her a monthly stipend for a
year, to empower her to keep her daughter. Our encouragement and support
are a light in the darkness for Lian’s mother. It is our joy and
privilege to extend a helping hand to brave women like Lian’s mother,
who are fighting for the lives of their daughters in situations that
seem hopeless.
Will you help us save women and girls in China? Become a “GirlSaver”!
For $25 per month, or $300 per year, our GirlSavers have
helped WRWF save at-risk babies in China, babies like Lian, who might
not be alive if one of our undercover fieldworkers had not met her
mother and assured her that little girls are as special as boys. We put
our money where our mouth is, offering practical assistance to empower
these mothers to keep their daughters.
If you want your donation to go to the Save a Girl
campaign, write “Save a Girl” in the memo line. Otherwise, the donation
will go where most needed.
YES, I WANT TO HELP END GENDERCIDE AND FORCED ABORTION IN CHINA!
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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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