China one-child policy leads to forced abortions, mothers' deaths

LIJIN China — Six months pregnant, 38-year-old Ma Jihong was healthy and fit, her body toned from working in the cotton fields. So when 10 people from the local family planning office showed up one morning in October, she slipped through a gap in the concrete wall around the house and bolted like a sprinter toward the main road.

By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times

June 15, 2012