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Chinese Pills Made from Aborted Babies Seized in Korea

Posted on 16/05/2012 to
International News - Abortion | Asia | China |

South Korea has seized thousands of smuggled drug capsules filled with powdered flesh from dead babies, which some people believe can cure disease. The capsules were made in northeastern China from

India 'Most Dangerous Place in World to be Born a Girl'

Posted on 10/02/2012 to
International News - Abortion | Asia | Demography |
Op Ed News - Abortion | Demography |

India is the most dangerous place in the world to be born a girl, with girls almost twice as likely as boys to die before reaching the age of five, according to new UN figures. The report, which an

Japan's Population Set to Plummet

Posted on 01/02/2012 to
International News - Asia | Demography |
Op Ed News - Demography |

The Japanese government has published stark new evidence that the nation is on the cusp of a demographic crisis. The country’s population is expected to decline by 30 per cent, to below 90 mi

Soaring Sex Selective Abortions Slash Taiwan's Fertility Rate

Posted on 13/01/2012 to
International News - Abortion | Asia |

Last year, Taiwan’s fertility rate became the world’s lowest, dropping from 1.03 in 2010 to a record low of just 0.9 in 2011. The government blamed the decreasing birth rate on people&r

Irish Government Refuses to Condemn Gendercide Abortion

Posted on 04/11/2011 to
Irish News - Abortion |
International News - Asia |

The Irish government has refused to back a motion condemning gendercide. Government Senators were whipped to vote on party lines, despite this being a clear issue of conscience.

Chinese Woman Dies During Forced Abortion

Posted on 21/10/2011 to
International News - Abortion | Asia |

A Chinese woman who was six months pregnant has died during a forced abortion. Jihong Ma from Lijing County in Shandong Province was seized by family planning officials and forced to undergo an abo

Chinese Orphanages Buying Babies for Adoption

Posted on 17/10/2011 to
International News - Asia | Family Law | Life |

Chinese orphanages may still be buying babies and offering them for foreign adoption despite a series of recent scandals. The revelations come after China’s foreign adoption programme was lin

The Economic Cost of Demographic Change

Posted on 10/10/2011 to
International News - Asia | Europe | Life | United Nations |

Fewer children and married couples will have a significant impact on economic growth and the ability of governments to finance social welfare programmes. This is the warning contained in a new repo

Successful Womb Transplant in Turkey

Posted on 07/10/2011 to
International News - Asia | Health | Pregnancy |

Doctors in Turkey have performed the first successful transplant of a womb from a dead donor.  The operation was carried out in Akdeniz University Hospital in Turkey’s southern province

Neonatal Deaths Fall in China

Posted on 16/09/2011 to
International News - Asia | Health |

A campaign encouraging women in China to give birth in hospital has cut newborn deaths by half, says a study in