Forced abortion in Cuba

ABC news notices something about infant mortality statistics that I have brought up elsewhere: If a child is premature or dies quickly, they are not counted as neonatal deaths but as stillborn or abortions, so their statistics look better.

But DappledTHings notices this part:" infant mortality rates, doctors have said the data is misleading because when there might be indications of problems with the fetus, there is a widespread practice of forced abortions.

Julio Alfonso said, "We personally used to do 70 to 80 abortions a day." Yanet Sanchez, a Cuban exile, said she was simply told to submit to an abortion. "They told me I should end the pregnancy," said Sanchez. "It was my very first pregnancy. I wanted to have the child."