Sentence examples for coercive abortion from inspiring English sources

We can all agree that coercive abortion is abhorrent.

Unfpa is leading international efforts to press the Chinese government to end coercive abortion and sterilization.

(The Bush Administration refused to support it for seven years on the belief that the fund coöperated with coercive abortion and sterilization programs in China).

Three fact-finding missions, including one by the State Department, have discredited the original charge that the population fund supported coercive abortion policies in China.

Mr. Crowley said that a State Department inquiry found "no evidence" that the agency knowingly took part in managing a program of coercive abortion.

A State Department investigation in 2002 found "no evidence" that the agency knowingly took part in managing a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.

The State Department said in a statement to The Huffington Post that there is no evidence that UNFPA directly engages in coercive abortions or involuntary sterilizations in China.

But citing rumors linking the organization to coercive abortions in China -- rumors debunked by a US government panel -- the Bush administration blocked the contribution seven years in a row.

"Reproductive rights are internationally recognised human rights, yet women living with HIV from around the globe continue to report reproductive rights violations, which range from omission of information and services to coercive sterilisation and abortion," she said.

In 2002, China passed a law prohibiting coercive or forced abortions.

Coercive measures, including forced abortions and sterilizations, were common in the 1980s, when the so-called one-child policy was first strictly enforced.