Mothers leave messages written on the photos of young boys that have been taken from them. Photo: Richard Jones/Sinopix

Feng Jianmei after her forced abortion. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Chen Guangcheng. Photo: EPA

Former family planning minister Zhang Weiqing. Photo: Xinhua

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China's one-child policy causes silent suffering of mothers

The one-child policy may have prevented numerous births, but it damaged many women

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Published: 12:00am, 30 May, 2013

Updated: 4:11pm, 2 Nov, 2015

Mothers leave messages written on the photos of young boys that have been taken from them. Photo: Richard Jones/Sinopix

Feng Jianmei after her forced abortion. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Chen Guangcheng. Photo: EPA

Former family planning minister Zhang Weiqing. Photo: Xinhua

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