Chinese teacher told to abort second child

A Chinese schoolteacher who was given permission to have an additional child in her hometown has been ordered to have an abortion because the province where she is teaching has different rules, a family planning officer has confirmed.

The case illustrates how different areas have different family planning regulations and how unyielding China’s birth limits continue to be despite a recent loosening in the 35-year-old policy to allow more couples to have two children.