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"Mr President, the Chinese one-child policy – or two-child policy in the countryside – is a violation of fundamental human rights. It is implemented primarily through abortions and sterilisations. Sex education and birth control are inadequate. In 2011, only 12% of young Chinese had knowledge about contraception. Every year, 13 million abortions are carried out in China, that is to say, 35 000 per day. Only a relaxed family planning policy, accurate sex education and increased availability of contraception can decrease the rate of abortion in China. Forced abortions must be categorically eliminated as a form of cruel and intolerable state violence against women. No state has a right to force either the termination of a pregnancy or its continuation against a woman’s will. Forced abortion, like the prohibition of abortion, is a form of totalitarianism and unacceptable interference by the state with the reproductive rights of women. In both cases, the consequences are similar. Women lose their health, die or are maimed for life. Unwanted children are abused, and even killed. Currently, the population in China is increasing mainly as a result of people living longer, and not because they have many children. Permitting greater fertility may help China change its deteriorating demographic structure."@en1
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