Sat 22 Sep 2007
Check out this article about a 29 year old woman in China who
recently found she had 23 needles in her body, allegedly stuck
into her by her now dead grandparents, who were disappointed
by the arrival of another girl in the family.
Doctors suspect they wanted to kill her because her family preferred a son. Some of the needles were pushed into the fontanelle, the soft spot on the head all babies have before the bones knit. Ms Cuifen, now 29, was a second granddaughter, leaving the family no chance to produce a treasured boy child.
The Chinese government reckons it has prevented 400 million births,
abortion being a widespread method of family planning, and sometimes
infanticide. These killings have contributed to unbalancing the population
of men versus women, men outnumbering women by 37,000,000.
During the fiscal year 2005-2006, Planned Parenthood performed a record
264,943 abortions, making a profit of $55.8 million and using $305.3 millions
of our tax dollars.
For a little comparison, in the Revolutionary War we lost 25,324 of our troops.
In World War II, spanning several years, we lost 405,399.
What’s the difference between killing girls because they are considered a
nuisance to society, and killing babies in general because they’re a nuisance
to our lives?
Posted by Bonnie under health, statistics, world
September 24th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
Hi,
First, I wanted to say thanks for visiting my site - I appreciate it!
Second, I just wanted to add the little tidbit that statistically, abortion has not been shown to reduce populations. This counterintuitive bit of data is brought to you by the fact that, for populations that don’t have access to abortions, the members tend to act more responsibly in dealing with sexual decisions.
That means that in China, all those deaths were unnecessary. They could have kept their population at minimal levels with exactly as much success without killing one child.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
i want to comment, but nothing i can think to say seems able to express what i mean. simply then, life ought to be valued more. what self-worth does this Chinese lady have, do these thousands upon millions of Chinese women have?