BRUSSELS, Nov. 8, 2012–Women’s Rights Without Frontiers
President Reggie Littlejohn co-presented the feature-length documentary, “It’s
a Girl,” at the European Parliament, together with the film’s director, Evan
Grae-Davis. Littlejohn is featured as an expert on China’s One Child Policy in
this powerful new documentary exposing gendercide and forced abortion. The
event, hosted by MEP Gay Mitchell packed the auditorium.
According to one UN expert, up to 200 million women are
missing in the world today due to the sex-selective abortion of baby girls. In
China, moreover, the government forcibly aborts women who become pregnant in
violation of the One Child Policy, up to the ninth month of pregnancy.
In response to a question about what the European Parliament
can do to address this violence against women, Littlejohn raised the issue of
the funding of UNFPA and International Planned Parenthood (IPPF).
Littlejohn praised the European Parliament for recently
passing a resolution that “strongly condemns . . . the practice of forced
abortions and sterilizations globally, especially in the context of the
one-child policy.” The resolution further states that “the EU has provided, and
still provides, funds for organizations involved in family planning policies in
China,” and “urges the Commission to ensure that its funding of projects does
not breach” the European Parliament’s commitment against coercive population
control.
Littlejohn stated, “It is significant that the European
Parliament has urged the Commission to ensure that this funding is not
associated with coercion. For decades, the UNFPA and International Planned
Parenthood Federation (IPPF) have worked hand in hand with the Chinese
population control machine, which is coercive. They are funded by many nations,
not only in Europe but the world over, including the United States. I have no
doubt that any unbiased investigation by the European Parliament or any other
governmental body will reveal that these organizations are complicit with
coercive family planning in China.”
In addition, Women’s Rights Without Frontiers just launched
a campaign to end gendercide and forced abortion in China. Littlejohn said, “We
are saving lives in China, one baby girl at a time.” WRWF’s “Save a Girl”
campaign has been adopted by the “It’s a Girl” film as its official Action Plan
for China.
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