Free Chen, Free China, Free the Children in the Womb from Forced Abortion

Catholic Online ^ | 5/3/12 | Deacon Keith Fournier

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Over the last several days the sad, confusing and now disheartening saga of a courageous man named Chen Guangcheng has filled the news. Much of the focus seems to be on who botched this entire affair diplomatically, rather than the even more important underlying issues.

Chen is a 40 year old Chinese citizen who taught himself the law and, as a human rights lawyer, courageously stands up against the evil, inhumane and barbaric forced abortion and sterilization policies of the nation he loves, the Peoples Republic of China.

Chen was released from jail in 2010 and placed under house arrest. He and his wife have been regularly beaten by plain clothes government goons. Chen is physically blind, but sees the truth of what is happening in China better than many of our own government leaders who have the full use of their faculty of sight...

...From there, the story gets murky. It is filled with what seem to be efforts to shift the blame for the failure to protect this heroic man, his family, and his plea for help from the government of the United States. It is further muddied by what appears to be an outright cover up by the current regime ruling China...

Sadly, because the Maoist Atheists ruling China now wear business suits, smile a lot, and hold commercial paper which represents a substantial amount of American I.O.U.'s, few politicians in either major political party have the courage to call them out for their egregious human rights abuses...

With our growing economic reliance and dependence upon the Regime in China: Are we sacrificing our fundamental obligation to defend human freedom and fundamental human rights because we depend on the economic assistance of a repressive regime?

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Whenever children become commodities, all of humanity suffers. The most egregious example is the forced abortion policy of the Regime in mainland China. This is the human rights issue which Chen Guangcheng has spoken out against with such courage. As a result, he is being denied his fundamental human rights and his family is in imminent danger.

We call upon the Obama administration to act on behalf of Chen Guangcheng, his wife, their child and his mother. Stand up for their fundamental human rights by demanding that the Chinese authorities allow this family to leave China.

Free Chen, Free His Wife and Family, Free China and Free the Children in the Womb from Forced Abortion.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Its pretty sad that the late great USA has allowed itself to become indebted to a brutal dictatorship. I remember when we were that shining city on a hill. Its going to be a long hard slog getting back up that hill.

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