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"Mr President, the right of every woman to have control over her own body is a fundamental right. To use this right for political purposes, or indeed for party-political purposes, is not worthy of those who claim to defend the universalism of human rights, as recognised by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Some people on these benches, men more than women, are doing everything they can to undermine this right. They are fighting a rearguard action and, today, they are seeking to exploit an emergency session on human rights. It is pathetic.
Feng Jianmei was subjected to a forced abortion, like other women in China, and elsewhere in the world. This heinous act, which violates Chinese law, must be condemned, as must all practices that prevent women from deciding freely whether or not to have a child. Internet networks have seized on this tragedy and opened a broad debate in China. An investigation is under way.
China is a country of more than 1 300 million inhabitants. On account of its one-child policy, it is going to experience population ageing on a scale that has not been seen in the world. The Chinese authorities now seem ready to review this policy. We should encourage them, through political dialogue, to move in this direction."@en1
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