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Chinese woman dies after four abortions in a year trying for boy
Mother was pressured into terminating the pregnancies by her husband, who divorced her when she later fell ill, according to newspaper report
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 18 July, 2017, 1:11pm
UPDATED : Tuesday, 18 July, 2017, 1:11pm
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2103073/chinese-woman-dies-after-four-abortions-year-trying-boy
Kristin Huang
A woman from eastern China has died after having four abortions in a year because her husband wanted her baby to be a boy, according to a newspaper report.
he husband divorced the woman after she fell ill through terminating her pregnancies, the Jianghuai Morning News reported.
The woman gave birth to a girl four years ago, but her husband insisted their second child be a boy.
Repeated abortions destroyed the health of the woman, according to the article, without giving details of her illnesses.
The woman, whose full name was not given and who came from a county near Wuhu in Anhui province, found out the sex of her unborn children through X-rays.
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