All the quotes which follow are from a lengthy article which appeared in the April 12, 1995, issue of the Eastern Express. A reporter visited several hospitals in mainland China seeking aborted fetuses for eating and found that they were readily available.
I quote from the Eastern Express:
"Reports that dead embryos were being used as dietary supplemnts started to spread early last year with reports that some doctors in Shenzhen hospitals were eating dead fetuses after carrying out abortions. The doctors allegedly defended their actions by saying the embryos were good for their skin and general health."
"A trend was set, and soon reports irculated that doctors in the city were promoting fetuses as a human tonic. Hospital cleaning women were seen fighting each other to take the treasured human remains home. Last
month reporters from EastWeek -- a sister publication of Eastern Express -- went to Shenzhen to see if the rumors could be substantiated. On March 7 a reporter entered the state-run Shenzhen Heath Center for Women
and Children feigning illness and asked a female doctor for a fetus. The doctor said the department was out of stock but to come again."
"The next day the reporter returned at lunch time. The doctor eventually emerged from the operating theatre holding a fist-size glass bottle stuffed with thumb-size fetuses. She said, 'There are 10 fetuses here, all borted this morning. You can take them. We are a state hospital and don't charge anything.' . . . "
"The reporter learned that the going rate for a fetus was $10, but when the merchandise was in short supply the price could go up to $20. But these prices are pin money compared to those set by private clinics, which are said to make a fortune selling fetuses. One chap on Bong Men
Lao Street charges $300 for one fetus. The person in charge of the clinic is a man in his 60s. When he saw the ailing reporter he offered to take an order for fetuses that had reached full term and that, it is
claimed, have the best healing properties. When a female doctor named Yang . . . of Sin Hua clinic was asked whether fetuses were edible, she said emphatically, 'Of course, they are. They are even better than
placentas. They can make your skin smoother, your body stronger, and are good for kidneys. When I was in an army hospital in Jiangti province I often brought fetuses home.' . . ."
"A Mr. Cheng from Hong Kong claims he has been eating fetus soup for more than six months. To begin, the man, in his 40s, would make the trip to Shenzhen frequently for business and was introduced to fetuses by
friends. He says he met a number of professors and doctors in government
hospitals who helped him buy the fetuses. 'At first I felt uncomfortable, but doctors said the substances in fetuses could help cure my asthma. I started taking them, and gradually the asthma disappeared,' Cheng said. . . .
"Zou Qin, 32, a woman from Hubei with the fine skin of someone several years younger, attributes her well preserved looks to a diet of fetuses. As a doctor at the Lun Hu Clinic, Zou has carried out abortions on
several hundred patients. She believes fetuses are highly nutritious and claims to have eaten more than 100 in the past six months. She pulls out a fetus specimen before a reporter and explains the selection criteria.
'People normally prefer fetuses of young women, and even better, the first baby and a male. They are wasted if we don't eat them. The women who receive abortions here don't want the fetuses. Also the fetuses are
already dead when we eat them. We don't carry out abortions just to eat the fetuses. . . .'
"Dr. Warren Lee, president of the Hong Kong Nutrition Association, is aware of the unsavory rumors. 'Eating fetuses is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine and is deeply founded in Chinese folklore. . . . ,' he says."
I don't know if this is true but sure sickens the crap out of me.
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Im Auftrage der Reichsbahn(By order of the State Railway) Pray not for an end to the slaughter...but for VICTORY!!![This message has been edited by Wotan (edited 05-05-2001).]
