{"id":6570,"date":"2011-08-24T18:23:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T22:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=6570"},"modified":"2011-08-24T18:24:15","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T22:24:15","slug":"gop-slams-biden-over-comment-on-china%e2%80%99s-one-child-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/08\/gop-slams-biden-over-comment-on-china%e2%80%99s-one-child-policy.html","title":{"rendered":"GOP slams Biden over comment on China\u2019s one-child policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 23, 2011<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 109px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th101.photobucket.com\/albums\/m48\/conversationpc\/th_biden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"109\" height=\"159\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Biden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Top Republicans on the campaign trail and Capitol Hill denounced Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Tuesday for saying during a visit to China that he \u201cfully understand[s]\u201d Beijing\u2019s one-child policy, which critics say has led to forced abortions and forced sterilizations.<\/p>\n<p>Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said in a statement that Mr. Biden\u2019s words \u201cshould shock the conscience of every American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of condoning the policy, Vice President Biden should have condemned it in the strongest possible terms. There can be no defense of a government that engages in compulsory sterilization and forced abortions in the name of population control,\u201d Mr. Romney said.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Gov. Rick Perry, one of Mr. Romney\u2019s principal rivals for the 2012 Republican White House nod, said Mr. Biden\u2019s \u201crefusal to \u2018second-guess\u2019 this horrendous policy demonstrates great moral indifference on the part of the Obama administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans value life, and we deserve leaders who will stand up against such inhumanity, not cast a blind eye,\u201d Mr. Perry said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Biden\u2019s comments, according to a transcript put out by the State Department, came Sunday during a question-and-answer session with students at Sichuan University in Chengdu in the context of discussing long-term U.S. budget woes.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president said the U.S. is starting to feel the impact of the huge retiring baby-boomer generation and lower fertility rates, which means the U.S. retirement system soon may have too many retirees and not enough workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou share a similar concern here in China. You have no safety net. Your policy has been one which I fully understand [-] I\u2019m not second-guessing [-] of one child per family,\u201d Mr. Biden said. \u201cThe result being that you\u2019re in a position where one wage earner will be taking care of four retired people. Not sustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans on the hustings were joined by House Speaker John A. Boehner, who said he was \u201cdeeply troubled\u201d by Mr. Biden\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo government on earth has the authority to place quotas on the value of innocent human life, or to treat life as an economic commodity that can be regulated and taken away on a whim by the state,\u201d the Ohio Republican said.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2011\/aug\/23\/gop-slams-biden-over-comment-chinas-one-child-poli\/\">http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2011\/aug\/23\/gop-slams-biden-over-comment-chinas-one-child-poli\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Recent Headlines about Joe Biden:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/commentary\/article\/terry-jeffrey-bidens-obsequious-bow-beij\">Biden&#8217;s Ode To Speaking &#8216;Succinctly&#8217; Takes 863 Words&#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Continues Another 4 Minutes After Saying He&#8217;ll Make It &#8216;Brief As I Can&#8217;&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 23, 2011 Top Republicans on the campaign trail and Capitol Hill denounced Vice President Joseph R. 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