Chinese Human Rights Abusers — House Bill May Deny Entry into the U.S.

Cross Posted from Women's Rights without Frontiers blog

If passed, H.R. 2121, the “China Democracy Promotion Act of 2011,” would enable the President to deny entry into the U.S. for Chinese nationals who have “committed human rights abuses” against people in China, including anyone who “has participated in the imposition of . . . China’s coercive birth limitation policy.”  Under this wide-ranging bill, the President would also have discretion to deny entry to Chinese nationals who have participated in a wide range of human rights abuses.

Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, stated, “Decades ago, Congress barred foreign persecutors from obtaining asylum in the United States, to keep out Nazi war criminals.  Why should Chinese officials who force women to have abortions, persecute ethnic minorities, torture people for their religious beliefs, repress public interest lawyers and jail journalists be welcomed to our land?  These persecutors need to be held accountable.  They do not deserve to set foot on U.S. soil.”

Passage of this bill, however, may not be enough.  The key player is the President.  Even if the bill passes, will President Obama take a strong stand for the suffering people of China and deny entry to their persecutors?  Littlejohn stated, “Nothing in his record thus far indicates that President Obama would deny entry to Chinese government persecutors, at least where the One Child Policy is concerned.  To the contrary, President Obama restored funding to UNFPA, which former Secretary of State Colin Powell found to be working hand in hand with the Chinese coercive family planning machine.   

 And on his official visit, Vice President Biden just told China ‘Your policy has been one which I fully understand — I’m not second-guessing — of one child per family.’  If Biden ‘fully understands’ the One Child Policy, then he understands it is enforced through forced abortion.  If he is ‘not second-guessing’ it, then he is not opposing it.”
The bill was introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), and is sponsored by Reps. Frank Wolf (R-Va.), Dan Burton (R-Ind.), and Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.).  Significantly, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) newly signed on as a co-sponsor, which increases the likelihood that the bill will move through the Committee.


Watch a video about forced abortion in China:

Sign a petition against forced abortion and sexual slavery in China:

AP:Chinese abortion rate now includes unmarried women....could be world's highest

 AP Article tells a sad tale about China's abortion rate...highest in the world due to increase in abortions among young and unmarried. The high infant mortality  rate has hardened Chinese families so that they do not name their babies until they are 100 days old so as not to get too attached. This reminds me of  the days when  the couple would not buy a crib until after the birth due to the high rate of miscarriage.

The other interesting take away is that contraception often fails or people just choose not to use it because it does not "feel" right making for repeat customers. Note the Marie Stopes...the English version of Planned Parenthood are there to do the deed and make a profit from all of  this.

" The leaf-strewn median on Eternal Peace Road hides a grim secret: Numerous tiny fetuses lie in unmarked graves dug by women from the abortion clinic across the street.The staff at the small clinic in the heart of this ancient city don't bury most of the fetuses - only those that have reached three or four months, when they clearly resemble miniature babies."This big," says anesthesiologist Liu Jianmin, using her thumb and index finger to measure out the length of a lipstick tube. The burials are a gesture of respect for lives cut short, she adds, and the patients aren't told.

"That's a change from the past, when abortion was used mainly to enforce the government's one child per couple limit. Today, students are clearly a client base: The Beijing Modern Women's Hospital offers a government-subsidized "Safe & Easy A+" discount abortion package at 880 yuan ($130). Others advertise in college handbooks."

"According to a government tally, 9.2 million abortions were performed in 2008, up from 7.6 million in 2007. But the count only includes hospitals, and state media report the total could be as high as 13 million. If accurate, that would give China among the highest abortion rates in the world."