Government says clampdown is aimed at improving women’s reproductive health, but it comes amid anxiety about the nation’s falling birth rate

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 risked causing infertility.

The state council said the new guidelines, issued on Monday, would aim to improve women’s overall access to pre-pregnancy healthcare services.

    • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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      3 years ago

      This isn't official policy but rather a statement of goals. It's perfectly reasonable to have concerns that further legal restrictions on abortion may be coming, and the recent implementation of restrictions in a province seems pretty fucking relevant in that context of understanding how the government will approach the issue.

        • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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          3 years ago

          happens previously

          "Why are you bringing up something from three years ago?"

          signs that it may be happening again

          "I'm gonna wait until it actually happens before I criticize anything"

          There is a five minute window immediately after China does something bad in which you are allowed to be critical of them.

            • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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              3 years ago

              There are pretty clear signs that more restrictions may be coming. China does have a history of meddling in the reproductive affairs of its people, so if they start talking about abortion being bad, it's reasonable to expect them to approach the issue with a heavy hand. You don't have to criticize them but I'd appreciate it if you didn't dismiss other people's concerns and criticism. If nothing else it's shitty optics.