Gendercide in China

While I was in D.C. I had the opportunity to attend the Students for Life of America conference. What struck me was how committed the Pro-Life community is to using all types of media to promote the pro-life cause.

One such organization is All Girls Allowed, which works to raise money for women in China, in an effort to end the horrible "gendercide" that is occurring against women because of China's one-child policy.

Earlier this week, the president of China visited the United States--and was warmly welcomed.

But wait a minute--isn't there some kind of disconnect?

The Chinese government uses forced abortion as a method of population control (which results in approximately 35,000 abortions per day, many of which are determined by gender-selection technology. There are approximately 37 million more men in China than women because of China's one child policy and traditional preference to male children.

The government also heavily controls and restricts the religious and communication rights of its people (placing bans on common websites such as facebook).

How can our government even speak to the Chinese while they refuse to change their human rights policies? Millions of people in China are clearly suffering (women from forced abortions, unwanted children, men without marriageable women, rigorous religious oppression...and so on) and yet, the US appears to be ignoring all these facts in order to conduct profitable business.

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems as though communism is no longer seen as a bad thing, but rather, it is seen as an economic booster.