Cruel Story

"The world is too crowded" - one of my American collegues.
"What?" - I and my chinese friend with obvious astonishment.
"The world is too crowded. That is why every man has to think about his bread and butter and cannot do the things he really wants to do" my American collegue was getting grumpy. He wanted to be a movie director but landed in Georgia-Tech University for a bachelor of engineering and stayed there till his masters. These days he is doing 'Software Development'. We all were laughing at his comments. But we did not know that the atmosphere will get extremely serious in next 10 mins.
We started talking about the population and the policies to control the population in various countries.
"In China, the government forbids you from having more than one child" - My Chinese friend.
"What do you mean by 'forbid'? How can someone forbid you from having a child? I mean our government 'discourages' people" - I
"I will tell you a real life story. It is about my sister-in-law" she said.
Afterthat whatever we heard was shocking. Here is the story:
Her sister-in-law is in China. She has a daughter. She wanted to have one more child (a son). When she got pregnant the second time she hid in a country side home. She did not even go to the hospital as she was very scared of the strict government policy. One day she went to her house to collect some clothes. She was 8 months pregnant then. Someone saw her and reported it to the government. Within hours there were 5-6 huge men around her. They forced her to the hospital where the doctor gave her some kind of a shot. Eventually she delivered a cute little baby boy. But the boy could hardly survive for an hour. To put it correctly the doctors killed him. This is a normal routine in her country. The government forces the mothers to abort.
How can someone be so INHUMAN? We went back to the very basic question of morality. How does a human develop his sense of right and wrong?
I think our parents, our society and our surroundings play a very important role in this. But then China does have a developed society and a family system in place. What is missing there? Is it the 'religion'? When asked, the communists say "my religion is communism". I was surprised that how much a religion can make a difference in ones life. I may not believe in religious rituals but unknowingly my religion has helped me to develope the ability to decide what is right and what is wrong.
Thank God!