BEIJING (Reuters): China will reduce the number of abortions performed for 'non-medical purposes', the country's cabinet said in new guidelines issued on Monday (Sept 27), that it said were aimed at improving women's reproductive health.
China has already enacted strict measures aimed at preventing sex-selective abortions, and health authorities also warned in 2018 that the use of abortion to end unwanted pregnancies was harmful to women's bodies and risks causing infertility.
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