China's One-Child Policy - Kathryn Sowinski (Activist)

Dear Mr. President,

My name is Kathryn Sowinski, and I'm writing you regarding China's one child policy. I am a high school student from the United States, and In response to a book we read in our literature class, we were asked to address an injustice in the world today. I, specifically, was asked to write a letter to an official regarding this policy, more specifically regarding such issues as forced abortion and feminism. One of those unborn children may grow up to solve the great dilemmas of our day. That child may be the human race's chance at redemption The world is full of problems, and overpopulation is one of them, but there's a point when work “For the greater good” transforms into inhumanity, and this policy brings us dangerously close to said line. Many of those who have seen aborted babies understand. They look into the innocent, dead child's face and thought, “That could have been me.” It could have been any one of us. If our mothers hadn't wanted us, or if a certain rule prohibited our birth, we would not exist right now. Then there are the mothers who throw their babies away to die in a garbage can. Those poor, innocent children that die because they aren't allowed to live. Abortion and abandonment are cruel and inhumane. Children chopped up and pulled apart by doctors, then reassembled to make sure they have all the parts. Babies burned by salt until they die. Mr. President, the madness must be stopped.
Feminism is an issue in China. Parents who want a son will kill any daughter they have until they get a boy. Did you know 99 out of every 100 abortions in China are girls? China is in trouble, and the way to stop this is to end the one child policy. There is an answer to overpopulation, and this is not it. Give the next generation a chance.

Sincerely,
Kathryn Sowinski