August 29, 2004

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  Pregnant Inmate Forced To Undergo Abortion To Be Eligible for Death Penalty in China

  
  

  27 Aug 2004

  
  

  Chinese prison officials have forced a pregnant inmate found guilty of transporting heroin to undergo an abortion so that she could be eligible for the death penalty. 

  
  

  Under Chinese law, pregnant women and people younger than age 18 cannot be executed.

  
  

  Officers from the anti-drug task force at the Chengguan police substation in February signed a consent form ordering an abortion "on her behalf."

  
  

   

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