One out of two Chinese births is female. A masculine first born can
only carry the "Family Honor." Unfortunately, when a baby girl is born,
this honor is undermined. As a result, in most cases, an immediate abortion is performed or the infant is killed. Subsequently, the couple's future results in divorce and the father remarries in hopes of having a son and the mother becomes a single parent raising the surviving children. The women must raise her children and her family's children, so the adults can find work in a far away city. China's women are attributed to the highest suicide rate (as of 2005) in the world-130,000 each year or 356 per day. This staggering, unacceptable statistic spells disaster for their children and to the overall problem. Running the farm, caring for the children and grandparents is an everyday taxing burden making suicide more attractive.

This unacceptable social-economic environment has given rise to the trafficking of Chinese women and children and the killings or abandonment of baby girls. Consider the estimated 5 million female births per year; of which, 2.5 million baby girls become fatherless and the strong possibility of losing their mother to suicide. Most single Chinese mothers seek American men for their chance to escape their country's horrible dilemma and start a new life in the United States. China's negative migration rate is directly attributed to this fact.
However, it's just not soon enough considering the total number of Chinese women who fall victim. China's secret government and its growing corruption only add to the problem. Moreover, The Chinese government recently stopped all adoptions to the United States. A gateway or bridge must be established, without hesitation, for China's women and their children to seek a better life hopefully here in America!

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