2 of 2

In the aftermath of the abortion, Lu recommitted himself to his Christian faith and started to fight against the prevalence of abortion among Asian Americans. "We now have a Mountain View medical clinic," Lu said. "People have come running to us."

Many of the Chinese American Christians interviewed by ct dread the stigma of having a handicapped child. One otherwise warm and loving couple on the East Coast has kept a severely mentally handicapped son out of sight for 20 years. Many of their closest friends don't know of his existence.

The secrecy of struggles with unwanted pregnancies, painful family legacies, and babies with handicaps has brought immense damage to Chinese Americans, says psychologist Wong. "These are the hidden victims of Christendom."

Joanne says she and her husband took their pain about their newborn son to God. Then they took their story, and their burden, to the church. "We feel honored God chose us to raise our son," Joanne said. "The enemy has lost."

Copyright © 2002 Christianity Today. Click for reprint information.

The Web site for Focus on the Family's Chinese family ministry, Focus on the Chinese Family, is available in both English and Chinese.

See the Web site of Grace Covenant Community Church.

For more articles on abortion and related issues, see Christianity Today's Life Ethics archive.

In 1999, Christianity Today sister publication Books & Culturereviewed Frank Dikötter's Imperfect Conceptions: Medical Knowledge, Birth Defects, and Eugenics in China.

first page |  2 of 2

share this page

May 21 2002, Vol. 46, No. 6