Tragedy Compounded By Tyranny

This is sad:

Imagine having to get a government certificate in order to obtain permission to have another baby after losing your only child to natural disaster.

From the AP:

XANXIAN, China (AP) — Many of the earthquake disaster victims in central China were children. And, because of the country’s one-child policy, many of them left behind no siblings.

But officials say there are exceptions to China’s strict one-child policy.
Officials in the capital of Sichuan province say families whose child was killed, severely injured or disabled in the quake can get a certificate to have another child…