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. 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!"
| Author: Committee on F House of Representatives |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Sep 22, 2011 |
| Number of Pages: 82 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 147749653X |
| ISBN-13: 9781477496534 |
