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GOP Rep Reacts To Biden’s ‘Understanding’ Of China’s One-Child Policy: This Admin Enables ‘Forced Abortion’

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New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith (R) was a guest on Laura Ingraham‘s radio show today to discuss comments Vice President Joe Biden recently made regarding China’s one-child policy. Biden is currently on a “charm mission” throughout Asia which, fortunately for the internet, included a visit with a Mongolian wrestler.

During a speech Sunday at Chengdu’s Sichuan University, Biden told those gathered that “your policy has been one which I fully understand — I’m not second-guessing — of one child per family,” before going on to list benefits of implementing such a system. Well, count Smith among the many who are disturbed by Biden’s statements:

This is just exposing what this administration has been doing from day one. Just like the eight years of the Clinton administration, and that is to enable dictatorship, to enable forced abortion and forced sterilization. Let’s not forget that at the Nuremburg War Crimes Tribunal, forced abortion was properly construed to be a crime against humanity. It is no less a crime against humanity today and there is our Vice President saying that he fully understands the one child per couple policy which has made brothers and sisters illegal in China.

Smith shared a particularly horrifying anecdote regarding forced abortions, highlighting how Biden’s remarks go against his work aimed at helping women who have been victims of violence.

Ingraham had some advice for Biden, a fellow Roman Catholic. (We’re pretty big on guilt and confession, in case you weren’t aware):

We’re reading the stories about how China is working with GE and there’s this joint venture to build planes, and oh isn’t this great, it’s helping American businesses. We hear about all of those stories. What about the stories about the black sites? The reeducation camps? And the people whose houses have been burned down because they violated the one-child policy. Where are those stories? Mr. Vice President, I hope you get to confession.

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  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 Ilene K

    Shut up shut up shut up shut up. Keep your MALE HANDS off of women’s bodies! Don’t want an abortion? Don’t have one! How about spending more time on, oh, I don’t know, JOBS, UNEMPLOYMENT, BRINGING OUR TROOPS HOME, than trying to force your morality on others.  

  • Anonymous

    People who write/release these stupid statements should shoot themselves in the head.

  • NyQuill

    Two options: He’s pandering to the teeth grinding, basement dwelling, “Obama is coming for mah liberteeeees” crowd, or he actually believes that crap. Either way, I feel sorry for the people in his district. 

  • B W

    I’ll keep my male hands of of women’s bodies as soon as these irresponsible women stop using my tax dollars to fund their disgusting habits. And abortion shouldn’t be a national issue, anyway; it belongs on the state level. So I guess we agree that jobs, and bringing home the troops is more important. 

    Good day.

  • B W

    I’ll keep my male hands of of women’s bodies as soon as these irresponsible women stop using my tax dollars to fund their disgusting habits. And abortion shouldn’t be a national issue, anyway; it belongs on the state level. So I guess we agree that jobs, and bringing home the troops is more important. 

    Good day.

  • Michelle

    Someone has to care about unborn children.  Heaven knows you liberals think they are as disposable as garbage.

  • B W

    “Heaven knows you liberals think they are as disposable as garbage.”

    Not true; the Liberals love to recycle garbage, at least.

  • OldDude

    Imagine what China’s population would be if they didn’t have a one child policy – it could easily double inside of twenty years – and then what?  China is managing a population of 1.4 billion and not doing too bad insofar as everyone is being fed – but they are at, or near, their saturation point until advances in technology give them some breathing room.  Agreed, abortion is an undesirable option and I’m sure the Chinese would like not to have to worry about population increases but I suppose the Chinese feel it would be worse if they grew up only to die of starvation or in the chaos of a general collapse of civilization – which may happen anyway.

  • Anonymous

    Correct. Just like garbage. Which, ironically enough, is what those precious children saved by the Party of Jesus can expect to eat once thy are born, right?

  • Moosenuts99

    WOW

    I feel sorry for the women in your household

  • Moosenuts99

    But, once they’re born you don’t give a crap about them.

  • Anonymous

    The real Chinese rules, from someone who has been there and asked Chinese people about the One Child Policy:

    First and foremost, who says abortion is the only form of birth control? These days, any family can control how many children they have, and only the Pope can complain that birth control is immoral.

    I had many 20-something students and friends who had brothers and sisters at a time when they should not have according to our American understanding of the One Child Rule. In fact, the multiple sibling group was by far the majority. How can thins be?

    Rule number one: If the first child is a girl, she doesn’t count. The couple can try again until they get a boy. That also means the girl won’t be aborted or killed at birth because of this rule. Only boys count because they are that important to the Chinese culture. Their number one responsibility is to obey their father AND see that he has a good funeral and is properly honored after death. (Last I saw, there are about 120 Chinese men for every 100 Chinese women.)

    Rule number two: Minorities (only about 5% of the total population) are not bound by the One Child Rule.

    Rule number three: People living in underpopulated areas, or willing to move to underpopulated areas, are permitted to have as many children as they want.

    Rule number four: Reasonably well-to-do families simply pay a tax when they choose to have more children. Impoverished families often simply don’t “register” the extra children. This is bad because the “extras” don’t get free schooling.

    Rule number five: Lots of people figure out ways to break rules.

    This does not mean that the Communist Party has never abused its power. There are stories of local party bosses forcing abortion on women who have ticked them off for other things, but not simply for being pregnant with an “extra” child.

    Finally, the Chinese government encourages the adoption of baby girls by foreigners, but not baby boys.

    Or, as one person put it: “This law is often ignored, there are fines for additional children but people are often willing to pay the price.”
    Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_average_size_of_a_Chinese_family#ixzz1VtRFczNpThere are some down sides to the one child rule, and the biggest one is lot of very spoiled male children in one child families with four grandparents and two parents spoiling the child. There would also be a problem with far too many old people and not enough young ones if the multiple rule safety valve were not there. Other governments do similar things to encourage or discourage having children. Japan pays couples to have more children.

  • Anonymous

    Adding opinion. The One Child policy does not mean forced sterilization or forced abortion, so saying the Obama administration and the Clinton Administration are in cahoots with the devil but the Bush administration was somehow not in cahoots makes zero sense.
    Is it not considered totally irresponsible to have more children than you can support in America? 

  • Anonymous

    Then go to China and take care of the born ones. Adopt a baby girl or two.

  • Anonymous

    30-50% of all fertilized eggs end up being naturally aborted.  Shouldn’t we just outlaw pregnancy?

  • Hugo Daun

    AHAHAHAHA…women in his household?

    Good one!

  • Moosenuts99

    Day one, forced abortion?

    Really? Where’s his proof or are we to TAKE HIS WORS?

    BAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    He should be kicked out of office JUST FOR THIS BALDFACE
    LYING STUPIDITY

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1182827949 Mona Lawrence

    These women did not get pregnant by themselves jerk!!!! No one wants you tax $s they just want the right to do what is neccessary to not have to marry jerks like you. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1182827949 Mona Lawrence

    Someone does but wingnuts don’t care what happens to them after they are born. The lives of unwanted children are pathic. An abortion would be humane!!!

  • Norbit

    Is Biden in support of this policy for irresponsible welfare-dependent birth-givers, who often procreate with multiple inseminators?

    Is that what he’s advocating?

  • Anonymous

    America should always support the ideals of liberty and human rights.  Biden’s statements are shameful.  

  • Anonymous

    If the Obama regime is so down with this plan maybe they could bring it to obama’s amerika and implement it in a ghetto near you. 

    Think of the cash, human suffering and cradle to grave taxpayer cost that would be spared if only this president would stop putting OUR money wherever his mouth goes.

  • Anonymous

    How about the Ozarks or Appalachia where all that inbreeding goes on.

  • Anonymous

    Alex, I think you missed something or I did…

    “During a speech Sunday at Chengdu’s Sichuan University, Biden told those gathered
    that “your policy has been one which I fully understand — I’m not
    second-guessing — of one child per family,” before going on to list
    benefits of implementing such a system.”

    Biden didn’t “go on to list benefits of such a system,” he followed it up with a “but” saying it was an unsustainable system. I didn’t see him say any benefits supporting the system, not in any link that you provided or from the links that were provided in the links you provided.

  • Anonymous

    Alex, I think you missed something or I did…

    “During a speech Sunday at Chengdu’s Sichuan University, Biden told those gathered
    that “your policy has been one which I fully understand — I’m not
    second-guessing — of one child per family,” before going on to list
    benefits of implementing such a system.”

    Biden didn’t “go on to list benefits of such a system,” he followed it up with a “but” saying it was an unsustainable system. I didn’t see him say any benefits supporting the system, not in any link that you provided or from the links that were provided in the links you provided.

  • Anonymous

    What does China do about twins…or triplets?  Would they have imprisoned Octomom?

  • B W

    I’m not talking about a woman who’s raped; if that’s the case, it’s her decision. If it’s consensual sex we’re talking about, she certainly chose to get pregnant. That doesn’t require responsibility?

  • B W

    Well, my sister knows I’d support her no matter what, but for the record, I’m talking about women who purposely go around having unprotected sex with no regard for responsibility, whatsoever. That idiot Chelsea Handler, is a good example. If women like her are going to glorify having abortions, let them pay for it.

  • B W

    Yeah, not “my” household, considering my sis and I share the place together. And I fully respect her privacy and personal choices, she doesn’t go around having casual, unnecessary, unprotected sex at other people’s expense. See, my sister’s actually responsible, unlike the feminists…

  • Anonymous

    Twins are no problem. The parents are considered lucky.
    In fact, the very luckiest parents of all are those who have Dragon and Pheonix twins!

    the dragon is a boy and the phoenix is a girl.

    Somebody should imprison the Octomom.

  • Anonymous

    I listed the benefits and the detriments earlier.

    Benefit, quick stop of the unsustainable population growth. Once the population levels out at a reasonable leve, it can change back to the normal two children average, just like in the US.

    Detriment, too many males and not enough females because of the preference for males. Every couple has a right to have a male heir. When the first born is a male, the couple stops having more children. When the first born is a female, she doesn’t count and the family can have another try. No harm. No foul. In theory, one could end up with only one single female for every two single males if that rule were strictly enforced. The odds are already bad for single males, but great for choosy females.

    Detriment. One male child has two parents and four grandparents spoiling the hell into him. He becomes a regular Devil’s Spawn. :-) (No. I am not Chinese, and I have one older sister and one younger brother.)

    Detriment. Not enough working age people and too many retired folks. At least for a while.

  • Hugo Daun

    I bet she can suck an grapefruit through a garden-hose, too.

  • Hugo Daun

    Are you fucking kidding me?

    Isn’t the whole “welfare queen” spiel getting stale for you dummies?

  • Anonymous

    If they want to do what’s right and not marry jerks then they should start with not fucking them.

  • Anonymous

    Not unless they’re yours.

  • Anonymous

    Very nice, Mrs. Mengele.

  • Anonymous

    You mean the crap where forcing women to get abortions is wrong? I think he believes it. But Biden doesn’t. He’s hunk dory with forced abortion.

  • Anonymous

    Did reality change?

  • Anonymous

    …where siblings are barely even related.

  • Hugo Daun

    AHAHAHAHA!

    I guess I was wrong about your sister’s skills…am I right, Pablo?

  • Anonymous

    Detriment. Not enough working age people and too many retired folks.

    This was the point Biden was making when he said it was an unsustainable system.

    He was saying, “I know you guys do your thing that you think works, but I don’t think it works. We [Americans] need to come up with a different [better] solution.”

  • BLUEBUNNY

    YOU MEAN LIKE BRISTOL PALIN! FALIN PALINS DAUGHTER WHO GOT DRUNK AND THEN ENDED UP PREGNANT! THAT FAMILY KNOWS HOW TO EXPLOIT THEIR LITTLE BUNDLE OF UNPROTECTED SEX!

  • Anonymous

    Spoken like a good coconut.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LDO6LIQBI2JQ4Q5MWLWBKGKSJY bensanity

    If those women didn’t let their flowers get plucked so easily then they wouldn’t be in the situation where they have to marry jerks.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LDO6LIQBI2JQ4Q5MWLWBKGKSJY bensanity

    How many children do you personally know that eat garbage?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LDO6LIQBI2JQ4Q5MWLWBKGKSJY bensanity

    That statement perfectly describes why liberals are so cool with abortions. Because they have no concern for human life except their own. We on the right may be cool with lethal injection, but only after the human has done something judged by a jury of his peers to merit his own extermination. Give the babies a chance to do something. Life is a miracle.

  • Anonymous

    Maybe, but I know who my father is.

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, so do I.  I’m just not a get along house negro, you pro-209 bootlicker.

  • Mari2JJ

    As a case worker interviewing pregnant unmarried women, I heard from many women who were actually responsible as were some men who fathered the child.  Unfortunately, the problem is that even with responsible would-be mothers, the men at times ran out on the whole situation.  Our office spent time, money and energy tracking them down and proceeded to get help for the unborn child from the father as well as from he mother.  It takes two people to make a child and both are responsible.  That women bears the child does not absolve the father of his responsibility.  That is not just some nicy-nice idea.  IT IS THE LAW!

  • Mari2JJ

    And I am talking about men who go around having unprotected sex.  Botha re reprehensible unless they purposly asked for the entire responsibility of raising a child.  No difference between a woman and a man having unprotected sex unless they are acdhing to be a daddy or a mommy, in which case, they have to grow up quickly and face THEIR (both him and her) responsibility.  Remember the daddy.  He had unprotected sex also.

  • Mudlark

    To those who think China’s policy is so terrible remember that in the 1980′s the U.S. led the West’s strong criticism and condemnation of China’s and India’s ballooning populations.  China paid attention and curtailed population growth and as a result has massively improved the living conditions for all its’ citizens.  India still has uncontrolled births and tens of thousands of her people live in the streets and die of starvation every year.  Deprivation and starvation is surely an ungodly and cruel method of birth control.

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