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CNN Reports On China's 'One-Child Policy,' Implications For Women
CNN reports on how "[t]he issue of forced abortions -- and in some cases, forced sterilizations -- in China has seized the spotlight in recent days with news of escaped activist Chen Guangcheng," who "rose to fame in the late 1990s because of his advocacy for what he calls victims of abusive practices, such as forced abortions, by Chinese family planning officials." China's so-called "one-child policy has been blamed for abuses," the news service reports. The news service writes, "In some cases, advocates say, fetuses identified as female are aborted, ... abandoned, left to die or raised as orphans," as "Chinese traditionally prefer boys over girls." CNN describes several reports from women's health advocates working in China of women undergoing forced abortion and sterilization; a report from the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, "created by Congress to monitor human rights and the rule of law in China"; and the State Department's 2009 Human Rights Report, the news service notes.
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