Complicit:

How UK money contributes to

coerced abortion in China

SPUC has been concerned about China's coercive reproductive policies since the infamous One-Child Policy was introduced in 1979.

We have long spoken out against forced abortion, sterilisation and other human rights abuses perpetrated by the Chinese Communist Party in the name of population control. We have also raised the scandal of UK taxpayers' money being sent in aid to China.

Now, we have produced a new report, laying out in detail the evidence of forced abortion and other coercive reproductive practices in China, especially against the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang, and the extent of UK taxpayers' money being sent to China.

Here are some of the shocking facts from the report:

The one-child policy created an estimated 30 to 40 million “missing women” in China.[1]

The Chinese Communist Party put in place “a comprehensive system of measures to ‘optimise’ the population in Xinjiang” to reduce the Uyghur birth rate, including mandatory sterilisation and forced abortions.[2]

Between 2015 and 2018 the natural population growth rates of Uyghurs in the southern Xinjiang prefectures declined by 73.5%, and by 2018 and 2019 (in several counties) dropped to zero or became negative.[3]

In 2019, at least 186,400 fewer children were born in Xinjiang than would be naturally expected.[4]

UK bilateral aid engaging China totalled around £82 million in 2019.[5]

Further sums of £55.3 million[6] and £23.7 million[7] were given in the most recent year available to the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the United Nations Family Planning Association (UNFPA), both of which have been implicated in China’s coercive reproductive policies.

Recent polling found that almost two-thirds of people (60%) believe the UK should cut abortion funding in countries such as China where concerns exist about women being coerced into abortion.[8]

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On Thursday 16th, a major new report called “COMPLICIT: Is UK money contributing to coerced abortion in China?” was launched in Parliament. This comprehensive report lays out in detail the evidence of forced abortion and other coercive reproductive practices in China, especially against the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang, and the extent of UK aid being sent to China. You can see the full report here: <a href="https://www.spuc.org.uk/Portals/0/ThemePluginPro/uploads/2023/5/19/China%20Report%20April%20NB%202023.pdf">China Report April NB 2023.pdf</a> The report recommends that the UK Government: · Ends UK aid going to China · Stops funding multinational organisations which collaborate with the China Family Planning Association (CFPA) · Provides full transparency on funding that has gone to China up to this point · Officially calls on the CCP to end all coercive reproductive programmes, with special reference to Xinjiang · Commits to end funding abortion programmes in countries where concerns exist about women being coerced into abortion · Insists that in any country in receipt of UK ODA there should be robust safeguards against women being coerced into abortion As your constituent, I ask you to please consider signing up to these recommendations. You can email SPUC on monikauzkalnyte@spuc.org.uk
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