Lindsay Beyerstein

Lindsay Beyerstein is an award-winning investigative journalist whose stories have appeared in Newsweek, Salon, Slate, The Nation, Ms. Magazine, and other publications. She writes the Duly Noted blog for In These Times and The Hillman Blog a publication of the Sidney Hillman Foundation.

Sexuality/GenderMay 7, 2012

Is Pro-Life Cause Célèbre Chen Guangcheng Actually Pro-Life?

By Lindsay Beyerstein

Anti-abortion news and opinion websites have taken to calling Chinese dissident Guangcheng Chen “pro-life,” which is fundamentally misleading. Chen is not opposed to abortion, per se, he’s opposed to forced abortion.