Asylum backed for woman opposing childbirth policy A Chinese woman who was subjected to a harrowing medical examination after expressing her objection to China's one-child policy should be granted political asylum in the United States, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling broadens the legal definition of political persecution, said Robert Jobe, a San Francisco attorney who represented the woman. Asylum seekers from China who can prove that they've been forced to undergo abortion or sterilization are granted political asylum in the United States. But in its ruling, the court judges said the...