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China reports the highest number of
abortions, with 10,394,500 abortions reported in 1987 [3].
In China a pro-abortions stance has been
enforced for many years, but it has been masked in the laws of the provinces. The
National law instructs doctor's to recommend abortion when ever the baby has a serious
hereditary disease, a "serious deformity", or the pregnancy endangers the
mothers health [108]. National law also provides for incentives for abortion.
As pro-abortion as this is, it is not even close to the provincial laws, where the true
aim of the government is obvious.
In provincial law there are many
"reasons" set by the province that the state require an abortion. Such
"reasons" include "unauthorized pregnancies, failure to obtain birth
certificates, or improper timing for a second child. In some provinces you must have
an abortion if you are young or unmarried and the state will provide incentives for the
poor to have abortions. With such broad laws the provinces are able to require
abortions for anyone they choose [116].
1. Savage, Mark. The Law of Abortion in
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the People's Republic of China: Women's Rights
in Two Socialist Countries, Article 18, pg. 418, 1989.
2. Shaanxi Family Planning Regulations. International Digest of
Health Legislation 45. Article 13, pg. 323-324, 1994.
3. International Family Planning Perspectives.
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