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Members
of the WeChat group for pregnant remarried women present a petition to
legalize their pregnancies at the provincial offices in Guangzhou,
Guangdong, June 21, 2016. Credit: WeChat group, published in Sixth Tone
Another courageous article from Shanghai online news
portal Sixth Tone describes the continued desperation of re-married
women in Guangdong.
Another courageous article from Shanghai online
news portal Sixth Tone describes the continued desperation of
re-married women in Guangdong.
Because it was too late in the pregnancy to
abort via medication or suction, Anxiang (not her real name) had to
abort via induction. On August 1, she had an injection to terminate her
daughter. Two days later, she was induced and went through labor in
order to deliver the still-born child. The next day she sent a
heartbreaking message to the WeChat group of remarried couples in
Guangdong. “I saw my daughter. She didn’t move. She was dead.”
Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women’s Rights
Without Frontiers, stated, “Our hearts go out to Anxiang and her
husband. Although Anxiang was not physically dragged out of her home for
an abortion, this abortion was nevertheless coerced. You can force
someone through physical coercion or financial coercion. Any abortion
against the will of the mother is forced. Read more.
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