The brutality of China’s “One Child Policy” was painstakingly described by human rights leaders on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Chinese policy that has led to forced and coerced sterilizations and abortions and has led China to become the only country in the world with a higher rate—three times higher—of female suicides than male suicides. Over 500 women a day take their lives in China.

    “Brothers and sisters are illegal in China,” said Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), a 15-term member and longtime human rights advocate and Ranking Member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. “So are children of unwed mothers – they are all killed by compulsory abortion. The policy further requires all women to obtain a birth permit before becoming pregnant, and monitors the reproductive cycles of all women of childbearing age through a system of mandatory, regular, and crudely invasive physical check-ups.” (Click here to read Congressman Smith’s remarks.)

    Perhaps the most dramatic moment came when a Chinese woman, KE Cheng Ping, tearfully recounted how she was forced by China’s family planning police to have an abortion, deprived of the comfort of her husband and family and without anesthesia. Also speaking were Congressman Trent Franks (AZ-02) (Click here to read Cong. Franks statement); Harry Wu, former Chinese political prisoner and now president of the Laogai Research Foundation; CHAI Ling, a Tianamen Square massacre survivor who is now President of All Girls Allowed; Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers; and David Aikman, who was Time Magazine Beijing Bureau Chief during the 1989 massacre.