Highest female suicide rates, war on single moms, gender gap, forced sterilizations/abortions legacy of 'One-Child' Policy

Contact: Jeff Sagnip, 202-225-3765; chrissmith.house.gov 

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2011 /Standard Newswire/ -- China's brutal "One Child Policy" and its gross violations of human rights, particularly those of women, was the focus of human rights activists testifying before the House on Thursday.

Congressman Chris Smith, chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees human rights and chairman of the Congressional-Executive China Commission, held a hearing entitled "China's One-Child Policy: The Government's Massive Crime Against Women and Unborn Babies." 
 
"Women bare the major brunt of the one child policy not only as mothers," Smith said. "Due to the male preference in China's society and the limitation of the family size to one child, the policy has directly contributed to what is accurately described as gendercide -- the deliberate extermination of a girl -- born or unborn -- simply because she happens to be female. As a result of the Chinese government's barbaric attack on mothers and their children, there are some 100 million more males than females in China today.  It has been noted that the three most dangerous words in China today are: "it's a girl!" (click here to read Chairman Smith's opening remarks).
 
Witnesses testified about China's harsh population control program. Smith called China's one child policy "cruel and barbaric" noting that pregnant women without birth permits are hunted down and that there are no single moms in China. The witnesses who testified were:

• Testimony of  Dr. Valerie Hudson, author of the book "Bare Branches."
   
• Testimony of Ping Liu, victim of the One Child Policy
   
• Testimony of Ji Yeqing, victim of the One Child Policy
   
• Testimony of Chai Ling, former student leader at Tiananmen Square, founder of All Girls Allowed, and;
   
• Testimony of Reggie Littlejohn, President, Women's Rights Without Frontiers.