Date:
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
by Reggie Littlejohn | LifeNews.com | 11/24/14 5:51 PM
Here is a girl for whom we are most thankful – MEIRONG (her name has been changed to protect her
identity) – one of more than 100 girls saved by our “Save a Girl” Campaign.
Meirong’s parents are poor farmers in rural China. They already had a son, so they were not allowed to
have a second child. Meirong’s mother got pregnant by accident. In China if a woman becomes pregnant
without a birth permit – illegally pregnant — the Chinese government can force her to have an abortion up
to the ninth month of pregnancy, unless she can afford to pay a fine as high as ten times her annual salary,
an expense few can afford.
Meirong’s mother did not want to abort her, so she
was forced to hide herself in fear for several
months. Unable to go to work with her growing
belly, Meirong’s mother and her family, already
poor, experienced even greater financial hardship.
Life was frightening – what would happen to
Meirong’s mother if someone reported her? She
could run away, but then the police could jail and
torture her husband until she handed herself over
to be forcibly aborted. And even if she could
escape the brutal authorities, how were they going
to live on so little money? Meirong’s parents
wanted to keep her but they did not know how
they could handle the burden imposed by the One Child Policy.
That is, until one of WRWF’s undercover fieldworkers heard about the suffering of Meirong’s mother and
went to her home to offer hope. The fieldworker told her about our “Save a Girl” campaign and how we are
helping families keep their daughters. Through the aid of one year of WRWF monthly stipends, Meirong’s
family is defying the forces of a controlling government and poverty. Meirong’s mother proudly gave birth,
and she and her husband are raising their little girl.
Now, you see why we are so thankful to see her wrapped warmly and tenderly in her pink blanket.
Learn more about the “Save a Girl” Campaign to save girls from gendercide in China: