'Birth tourism' faces stricter rules  

赴美生子入境審查趨嚴 華人擔(dān)驚受怕倍感“煎熬”

據(jù)美國《世界日報》報道，美國南加州自去年底爆發(fā)月子中心風(fēng)波以來，美國海關(guān)及邊境保護局(CBP)對外籍孕婦入境的審查越來越嚴格，不少人只被批準停留數(shù)周或者干脆拒絕入境。在這場風(fēng)波爆發(fā)之前順利生完美國寶寶的產(chǎn)婦，和因腳步慢了，沒趕上末班車的孕婦悲喜兩樣情。 [查看全文]

(ECNS)— Many pregnant Chinese women hoping to give birth in the US are now allowed to stay only for several weeks or even barred from entering America as US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) imposed stricter entry requirements on "birth tourists," World Journal (US) reported on Tuesday.

In the past, pregnant women were allowed to arrive three to four months ahead of their delivery at "maternity hotels," where Asian women give birth and stay for one month.

But now, it seems more difficult for pregnant women to give births in the US as many face being deported or even barred from entering American soil.

Many illegal "maternity hotels" were forced to shut down by authorities, making the pregnant women staying at these hotels more worried and scared.

For pregnant women, early arrival also means extra spending. Arriving on American soil two months ahead of delivery can mean an extra spending of $10,000.

In addition, time cost is another consideration.

"Apart from the hardship of traveling all the way across the ocean during pregnancy, I also had to bear the loneliness of being far away from my husband and waiting for my delivery date on foreign land," said Amy, a mother who gave birth to her daughter in the US in 2011.

A man surnamed Gao, from southwest China, flew to Los Angeles with his pregnant wife last August. After his wife gave birth to their child last November, they were urged by family members to return to China shortly after Thanksgiving Day as they were afaid of being caught to have given birth at a maternity hotel.