Asa Hutchinson: “It was presented as being a very common practice. I think maybe that was part of what was so shocking. I say to the…”

“It was presented as being a very common practice. I think maybe that was part of what was so shocking. I say to the Senator from Missouri, in response to the question, that the presentation in defense of China has been that these are isolated instances of coerced abortion and forced sterilizations, that they are in remote areas, difficult areas to enforce, that the central Government doesn't approve of this, local forces simply do it on their own. I think the testimony of this person, who was the head of the office, actively involved in it, demonstrates this was a very systematic, planned program of coercion that was used across the nation in villages and cities.”