Treating abortion with caution

THE AGE OF WOMEN having abortions is increasingly young. And official data by the technology research center under the National Health and Family Planning Commission show over half of the abortions were to women under 25. Comments:

Compared with easy access to information thanks to the Internet, domestic sex education lags far behind. It is necessary to grant youngsters more knowledge and cultivate their sense of responsibility about sex. It is closedness, not openness, that leads to ignorant or irresponsible behavior.

Fang Gang, director of the Institute of Sexuality and Gender Studies, Beijing Forestry University, Jan 27