Threatened Forced Abortion of Cao Ruyi in Changsha, 2012

WRIC says volunteers contacted Cao and reported continuing termination demands after she left a place of confinement on June 10. VOA’s June 11 report, mainly relaying Bob Fu, says the couple was allowed home after signing a demand to pay a 10,000-yuan deposit.[1][2]

CECC describes payment as completed, whereas contemporaneous reporting describes a signed payment requirement. Signing does not establish payment. Conflicting deadlines and later amounts are not combined into a definite deadline or total fine.[3][2]

Aid organizations and reports relaying them are not wholly independent evidence. An earlier RFA passage describes an abortion as completed, conflicting with subsequent records; it is not used to establish that a procedure occurred. Original notices, medical records, payment receipts, official responses and original birth records have not been obtained. WRIC’s November follow-up reports delivery on October 15, extending the record’s scope to October. This remains an aid organization’s account rather than independent medical verification and does not establish that financial pressure ended.[1][3][4]

Li Fu told RFA that local personnel had asked his employer to dismiss him. The report records one bureau employee declining to answer and another unanswered call. The alleged cause of dismissal remains Li’s account; no employer or government document has been obtained.[5]

A low-resolution, 250-pixel-wide photograph of a notice published by VOA has been preserved. It is a media copy, not the paper original; small text cannot be reliably transcribed, authenticity has not been established, and it does not prove payment or a deadline.[2]