" Dura lex, sed lex" means the law is the law, and China no matter what month of pregnancy had reached the 36-year old Xiao. He broke the rule that prohibits families from having more than a son, and when she became pregnant for the second time, was forced to abort by twelve government officials who showed up at his house. It does not matter if the woman was already eight months, or before taking her to the clinic the officers felt they could beat her, perhaps to "teach a lesson".
to spread the news was the television network Al Jazeera, which has inflamed the protests of many exiles from China. The case occurred in the province of Xiamen, on the southeast coast of China. Xiao's husband, Luo Yanquan, construction worker, told the terrible moments of the irruption of the twelve government officials: "They have folded his arms behind his back, after which they put their backs to the wall and began to kicking in the stomach. Perhaps they wanted to procure an abortion at home already. " Then, seeing clearly that the company was more difficult than expected, they took her to hospital where doctors have administered lethal injection to the fetus. Luo pointed out as one month before the officers had told the couple that they were not allowed to have another child, since they already had a daughter. But the seventh month of pregnancy, what could they do?
The one-child rule is enforced in China since 1980 and requires local governments to not exceed the "units" of their assigned new births every year, to curb the increase of population in China is currently a surplus that has more than one billion people. The central government in theory does not allow forced abortions, but they are often - as infanticide - especially in the most poorest in the country, where those who try to rebel against and denounce this horror, as the activist Chen Guangcheng, ends up in jail. According to the reports of Chen, more than seven thousand women had been forced to have abortions, against the advice of some doctors. And that is the official version of Xiao and her husband would agree to abortion. A pity that the couple has denied all: "Our 10 year old daughter was pleased with the incoming brother - says Luo Yanquan - now I do not know how to explain what happened." And Xiao, although destroyed by the pain, to prove to the world that had undergone a forced abortion, has agreed to let some of the photographers at the hospital who have immortalized, from the neck down, his arms covered with bruises from beatings and still swollen belly, which is now home to a dead fetus. "I held this baby inside me, I felt around in my belly. You can imagine how I feel, "he added with a whisper. "
