Rep. Chris Smith
Today, in China, rather than being given maternal care, pregnant women without birth-allowed permits are hunted down and forced to undergo an abortion. They are mocked, belittled, humiliated, and exploited. A mother has absolutely no right or legal standing to protect her unborn baby or herself from state-sponsored violence. There are no single moms in China—except those who somehow evade the family planning cadres and conceal their pregnancy. Beijing’s One-Child Policy bans single moms from obtaining government permission to carry the child to term.