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China Reports 13M Abortions Annually

Health officials blame lack of birth control for unmarried women

By the Associated Press

Posted Jul 30, 2009 7:06 AM CDT

(AP) – China performs about 13 million abortions every year, mostly for single young women who experts say know little about contraception, according to a rare disclosure by government health officials. China imposed strict birth controls in the 1970s, limiting most couples to just one child, but...   Read full story »

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