North Korea forces women to abort and gives the dead babies to dogs. This information was revealed through a report published by the United Nations Human Rights.
Dozens of women have recounted the harrowing experiences they and their babies have had to go through. Those who carried out the investigations concluded that these abortions are done on a “routine” basis using brutality.
They were informed that the killing of newborns was done on purpose. Others were forced to premature abortion, leaving the pregnant woman dead. This was classified as an “infanticide incident”.
Another eyewitness said, "I heard a mom crying. However; at that point the child was put face down, covered by plastic bag and was removed from the jail by a prison officer.
The mother was given no medical care. She died after a week or so." she added.
In another incident, a woman told investigators that "She saw a baby die from being exposed to sub-zero temperatures. The baby was forced to freeze to death. It all happened after the mother was tortured by guards to force her to have an abortion."
"We hear moms yelling and crying." They told the UN how moms were forced to have an early termination without medical assistance at a police headquarters. This was when moms were just three months pregnant. "My first child died without having seen the world, without time for me to apologize," a dad said through tears.
The barbarism being reported in North Korea is shocking. However, forced abortion is not limited to North Korea and is a barbaric practice that we must work to end wherever it happens.
