On February 25, the House International Relations Committee approved, by unanimous consent, a resolution (H. Res. 350) urging the U.S. representatives to the 60th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to introduce a resolution calling upon the government of the People’s Republic of China to end its human rights violations in China. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) sponsored the resolution.
According to the resolution, “Enforcement by the Government of the People’s Republic of China of its one-child per family policy has been cruel and inhumane and has included the use of forced abortion and forced sterilization.” The resolution also states that the one-child family policy has led to the abandonment and infanticide of baby girls and a disproportionate number of male children in China. It urges the Chinese government to end its coercive one-child family policy and ensure that no national, provincial, or local government officials subject women to forced abortions or sterilizations.
