Forced abortion

==People's Republic of China==
Forced abortions associated with administration of the [[one-child policy]] have occurred in the People's Republic of China; they are a violation of [[Chinese law]] and are not official policy.<ref name=NYT615>{{cite news|title=China Suspends Family Planning Workers After Forced Abortion|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/16/world/asia/china-suspends-family-planning-workers-after-forced-abortion.html|access-date=June 27, 2012|newspaper= [[The New York Times]]|date=June 15, 2012|author=David Barboza|author-link=David Barboza}}</ref> They result from government pressure on local officials who, in turn, employ strong-arm tactics on pregnant mothers.<ref name=NYT72212>{{cite news|title=Reports of Forced Abortions Fuel Push to End Chinese Law|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/world/asia/pressure-to-repeal-chinas-one-child-law-is-growing.html|access-date=July 23, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 22, 2012|author=Edward Wong|author-link=Edward Wong}}</ref> On September 29, 1997, a bill was introduced in the [[United States Congress]] titled [[Forced Abortion Condemnation Act]], that sought to "condemn those officials of the [[Chinese Communist Party]], the [[government of the People's Republic of China]] and other persons who are involved in the enforcement of forced abortions by preventing such persons from entering or remaining in the United States".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/105/hr2570|title=H.R. 2570 (105th): Forced Abortion Condemnation Act|publisher =Govtrack.us|access-date=27 April 2012}}</ref> In June 2012 [[Feng Jianmei]] was forcibly made to abort her 7 month old fetus after not paying a fine for breaking the one-child policy.<ref name=NYT615 /> Her case was widely discussed on the internet in China to general revulsion after photos of the stillborn baby were posted online.<ref name=NT615>{{cite news|title=Abortion and Politics in China|url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2012/06/abortion-and-politics-in-china.html|access-date=June 27, 2012|newspaper=[[The New Yorker]]|date=June 15, 2012|author=Evan Osnos|author-link=Evan Osnos|format=Blog by reporter in reliable source}}</ref> A fortnight after the forced abortion she continued to be harassed by local authorities in [[Shanxi|Shanxi Province]].<ref name=NYT626>{{cite news|title=Forced to Abort, Chinese Woman Under Pressure|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/world/asia/chinese-family-in-forced-abortion-case-still-under-pressure.html|access-date=June 27, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 26, 2012|author=Edward Wong}}</ref> On July 5, the [[European Parliament]] passed a resolution saying it "strongly condemns" both Feng's case specifically and forced abortions in general "especially in the context of the one-child policy".<ref name=EU>{{cite news|title=EU Parliament condemns China forced abortions|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|date=July 6, 2012|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/224353/eu-parliament-condemns-china-forced-abortions|access-date=July 7, 2012}}</ref>

Part of the work of the activist "[[barefoot lawyer]]" [[Chen Guangcheng]] also concerned excesses of this nature.<ref name="wp_8July06">{{cite news |title=Chinese to Prosecute Peasant Who Resisted One-Child Policy |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/07/AR2006070701510.html |date=8 July 2006 |first=Philip P. |last=Pan |access-date=28 April 2010}}</ref> By 2012, disagreement with forced abortion was being expressed by the public in China, thought to be fuelling pressure to repeal the [[one-child policy]].<ref name=NYT72212 /><ref name=":0">[http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/14/world/asia/china-abortion/ Forced abortion sparks outrage, debate in China] [[CNN]], June 2012</ref> After the shift to a [[two-child policy]] in January 2016, the practice was reported in 2020 to still occur through intimidation of the [[Uyghurs|Uyghur minority]] in [[Xinjiang]] leading to the US government imposing sanctions on officials in response.<ref>Jerry Dunleavy (July 09, 2020). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/us-sanctions-chinese-communist-party-officials-for-uighur-human-rights-abuses?rid=102073 US sanctions Chinese Communist Party officials for Uighur human rights abuses]. ''[[Washington Examiner]]''. Retrieved August 26, 2020.</ref>