VIETNAM: Gather at cemetery for the burial of aborted fetuses to pray for souls
VIETNAM: Hundreds dress graves of thousands of aborted babies from state hospitals
CHINA: China too is worried about its growing gender imbalance and potential for more social unrest
CHINA: According to Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers: "China’s cruel and barbaric forced abortion policy causes more violence towards women and girls than any other official policy on earth", reports the Independent Catholic News.
CHINA: In China, activists and supporters mount failed attempts to visit Chen Guangcheng, a blind lawyer under house arrest, various reports said. Chen has in the past angered authorities by documenting forced late-term abortions and sterilisations.
CHINA: The six-year-old daughter of an activist who angered Chinese authorities for documenting forced abortions and other abuses is is confined at home with her parents and can't go to school, says an AP report in The Guardian.
INDONESIA: Family planning expert warns young of the dangers of promiscuity
PAKISTAN: Christians outraged at newspaper report after 14-year-old girl's death
KOREA: Government 'irresponsible' as new drug induces chemical abortions, they say
PHILIPPINES: Clergy want to convince them to use faith-based blogging in spreading Catholicism
CROATIA: The Pope, whose weekend visit to Croatia coincided with Family Day, has spoken out against practices such as abortion and called on citizens to back legislation that supports families in "the task of giving birth to children and educating them".
ROMANIA: Three out of four Romanian hospitals have been refusing to carry out abortions because of Easter holidays, a new study shows.