In China, a man was sentenced to death for setting his girlfriend on fire. She had severe burns that covered more than 30 percent of her body. The reason for the burning was because the girlfriend was 6 months pregnant with a girl. The man found out it was a girl and wanted his girlfriend to have an abortion. He pressured her and pressured until he snapped. She refused to give the baby up. The man took things in to his on hands and set his girlfriend on fire. Neighbors heard her screaming and ran over to help her. The neighbors put the fire out and took her to a local hospital. Sadly the baby was killed in the burning. The man was arrested on March 22 at a night club and now he is being sentenced to death. However, before he sentenced is followed through he must pay $95,000 US to his girlfriend for damages.
The main reason this happened was due to China’s one child per family law and it is more beneficial for families to have a boy rather than a girl. This is why there is such a high male to female ratio. I think it is good that the girlfriend refused to have an abortion. Families need to start keeping their child if it is a girl or their will be no partners for the men. Another thing could be that China changes their one child per family but that would just result in an increase in population. China needs to figure out something and quick. I know they have a law right now that states abortions are illegal, but they are not implemented. No punishment is followed through for violators. If action was taken then I think that would decrease the number of abortions.
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