The US Supreme Court has declined to take up a case examining whether a Chinese national should be granted political asylum in the United States because his wife was forced to abort their first child under China's harsh population-control measures. The ruling means that lower court rulings rejecting the Chinese citizen's asylum claims remain in place.
One of the main issues was whether to recognize traditional marriages, which are not registered with the Chinese government. Thus, couples who have children violate the population control policy and are often forced to have abortions or be sterilized.
Federal appeals courts have reached different conclusions on the legal marriage versus traditional marriage issue. Both the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco and Seventh Circuit in Chicago have recognized traditional marriages, while the Second Circuit in New York and 11th Circuit in Atlanta have not.
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