The Sanctity of Human Life and the Gendercide Crisis in China

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But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. (Luke 10:33)

It's not okay with me that China's girls are being murdered by the millions while the world--and the Church at large--stands idly by.  Ii China today, there is a gendercide--a genocide of girls--as a result of traditional preference for sons and the limits imposed by the One-Child Policy, which is still enforced and more brutal than ever.  Under the One-Child Policy, most Chinese couples are only allowed to have one child.  Women are under immense pressure to get rid of girls through sex-selective abortion, infanticide, abandonment, and even child trafficking.  Get pregnant with another one by accident, and you may be forced by the Family Planning Police  to have an abortion, forced to undergo sterilization surgery, forced to pay a fine several times your annual income, and the list goes on.  That pressure has led to over 35,000 forced and coerced abortions every single day in China--a government statistic!

Martin Luther King Jr., our beloved brother whose life we remembered this week, loved a particular parable that Jesus taught:  Two thousand years ago, the road from Jerusalem to Jericho was known for being dangerous, as robbers could easily hide along the path and ambush travelers.  It’s with good reason that neither the priest nor the Levite wanted to help the man who had been robbed, beaten and left for dead.  It could have been a trap, or they themselves could have been ambushed as they stooped down to help.  Instead, they passed by on the other side—something that I have done so many times in the face of great suffering.  Isn’t it so much easier to distance ourselves from human suffering?  And yet the true neighbor was the Samaritan, who at great risk and cost to himself rescued the suffering man.  I am daily reminded of the risky love that so many have demonstrated to girls and mothers in China.  These include the workers of All Girls Allowed (www.allgirlsallowed.org), who are daily risking their lives and their livelihoods to rescue girls and mothers from gendercide and forced abortion.  I am inspired by people like Chen Guangcheng, the blind lawyer who has been jailed and beaten repeatedly for representing forced abortion victims.  Even actor Christian Bale was beaten and chased when he tried to visit Chen in his home.  Being a good Samaritan requires risking suffering to be generous towards somebody who may never repay you, trusting that we have a Father in heaven who sees and will repay generously.

Will you take a risk today and join All Girls Allowed in our goal to rescue 5,000 girls from gendercide today and lift up their mothers' heads?  Just $20/month will rescue a girl and give an example of God's love for women everywhere.  You can give at our website, at www.allgirlsallowed.org/donate.

Brian Lee works with All Girls Allowed