N.K. defector claims forced abortions
Hmm…one can only wonder how long it will be before the brave warriors of Operation Rescue open a chapter in Pyongyang….
Give the brutal, inhuman nature of the North Korean regime, no reasonable person could claim to be surprised that this sort of travesty would occur. Given that this is far worse than anything an abortion provider in this country would ever come up with, why WOULDN’T Operation Rescue and their ilk protest forced abortions in North Korea? Or is it just really all about promoting your agenda where it is easy and convenient to do so?
Realisitically, of course, I suppose I can’t blame Operation Rescue for not protesting abortion in North Korea. It’s SO much easier to fight that battle in the US, as opposed to fighting the good fight in a place where the problem is significantly worse.
Besides, it’s SO much easier to get press coverage in this country, eh?
A North Korean defector testified to have witnessed forced abortions and infanticide at a detention camp in North Korea.
“I heard the cries of both mother and child through the curtain (at a hospital). And through the partially open curtain, I witnessed the nurse covering the infant’s face with a wet towel on a table, suffocating it,” a 28-year-old identified as Park Sun-ja told an international conference on North Korean human rights abuses Tuesday.
“The baby stopped crying about ten minutes later,” added Park, whose real name was not provided to protect her.
Seven other North Korean defectors appeared at the 6th International Conference on North Korean Human Rights and Refugees, testifying about human rights violations on North Koreans.
But it was Park’s testimony that was the most gripping. She said she stayed at Shinuiju Provincial Detention Camp for two months after being caught in China and deported to the country of her origin in 2000. She finally succeeded in gaining asylum in South Korea in 2002 after her second escape attempt.
She said injections to cause miscarriage were the norm at the detention camp. “All the prisoners there believed that all infants were killed immediately upon delivery and wrapped up in a piece of cloth before being buried at a nearby hill,” she said.
Human right groups raised the issue of compulsory abortions and infanticide at detention camps in North Korea in the early 2000s, but North Korea strongly denied the accusation.
This would be a golden opportunity for Operation Rescue to show that they are more than a collection of narrow-minded, judgemental, cold-hearted zealots. By joining hands with international civil rights groups, Operation Rescue could actually do some good. Of course, that would require some moral courage and certainty of conviction, which might be a bit much to expect from a collection of opportunistic trolls such as Operation Rescue.
