Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Gordon McMaster (Labour), on Wednesday, 9 February 1994, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 53 members in total.

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HUMAN RIGHTS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE IN CHINA

That this House congratulates the Disability Now newspaper for revealing that a draft law presented to China's People's Congress on 20th December 1993 includes plans to use mass abortion and sterilisation to prevent the birth of disabled children; is appalled that China's Minister of Public Health, Chen Minzhang, has apparently attempted to justify this barbaric measure by saying that it is necessary to 'stop the prevalence of abnormal births'; is horrified that the draft law describes disabled babies as 'births of inferior quality'; notes with alarm that the draft law includes provision to ban women with certain illnesses and diseases from marrying; condemns the statement from the Xinhua news agency that 'more than 10 million disabled persons could have been prevented through better controls'; believes that this measure will transcend the political divide on the question of abortion as it has nothing to do with the choice of individual women, but has everything to do with the ethnic cleansing of babies who happen to be disabled; believes that human beings, whatever their disability, have a fundamental right as full and equal citizens; and calls upon the United Nations to recognise the breadth and depth of international outrage about this proposed law.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

564 

Session

1993-94

Subjects

Disability Abortion China Human rights Legislation Sterilisation

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk