• China further loosened its once-strict family-planning rules in 2021, permitting three children per household. The authorities are expected to abandon their population-control policy entirely sometime soon. | CHINA DAILY / VIA REUTERS
    China further loosened its once-strict family-planning rules in 2021, permitting three children per household. The authorities are expected to abandon their population-control policy entirely sometime soon. | CHINA DAILY / VIA REUTERS
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MADISON, WISCONSIN – Recent official pronouncements in China have sparked speculation that tighter restrictions on abortion may be in the offing.

Six months ago, the Chinese State Council issued guidelines to lower the number of abortions performed for nonmedical reasons. And in February, China’s family-planning association announced that the authorities would launch a special abortion intervention campaign to reduce unwanted pregnancies and abortions among teenagers.

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