Media often reported stories of unspeakable brutality by local officials against pregnant women and families who violated the policy – a unique savagery captured in Ma Jian’s novel The Dark Road. In a much-publicized 2012 case, local officials in Shaanxi province forced a woman to undergo an abortion seven months into her pregnancy.
媒体常常报道地方官员以令人难以置信的残忍态度对待违反一胎政策的孕妇和家庭——马建的小说《黑暗之路》（The Dark Road）曾经描写过这种独一无二的野蛮。在2012年的一宗广为报道的案子中，陕西省地方官员迫使一位怀孕七个月的孕妇引产。