Junior high school students use New Year's money to get abortions

In the past two days, the news of a 9-year-old girl having an abortion in Nanning, Guangxi has attracted much attention. Yesterday morning, the reporter went to Nanjing Maternal and Child Health Hospital and learned that the outpatient flow here is 70 to 80 to 100 people every day. Among them, the number of girls with unwanted pregnancies has increased, and they are getting younger and younger.

On-site: 13-year-old junior high school student uses New Year's money to have an abortion

Sasha (pseudonym), 13 years old this year, has a childish face. When she appeared in the outpatient clinic for an abortion with a ponytail, even the doctor felt sorry for her.

Shasha was in the second grade of junior high school in Nanjing. She had been dating a boy in her class for more than three months. After the incident, she didn't dare to tell her mother, and the boy didn't dare to tell his parents a word. He could only lie that he was going to a cram school and "cheated" her out of 300 yuan.

After a series of examinations, only 100 yuan was left out of the 300 yuan. Fortunately, Sasha was more thoughtful and brought her own 800 yuan New Year's money. In the operating room, although Sasha chose a minimally invasive and painless abortion, she was so nervous that her legs were shaking when she was about to go on the operating table. During the operation, she kept shouting, "I will never dare to do it again next time."

Seeing that she was too nervous, the head nurse beside her temporarily played the role of "mother" and held Sasha's hand to comfort her. After the operation, she made her a cup of sugar water to drink and let her rest for more than 2 hours before letting Sasha get out of bed. In order to prevent her parents and teachers from noticing anything unusual, Sasha still showed up in the afternoon class despite the doctor's repeated instructions to rest.

During the interview, a nurse at the outpatient surgery department said that the number of women who undergo abortions is getting younger and younger, with the youngest being only 13 years old. Abortions have already caused considerable harm to them, and not being able to rest well after surgery is even more damaging to them. In addition, some hospitals like to advertise "painless abortions are painless", which, to a certain extent, creates a bad psychological preconception among unmarried women, causing them to behave more carelessly.

Consequence: 9 abortions may result in infertility

Xiaomei (pseudonym), 27 years old this year, has had nine abortions since she started dating her first boyfriend in her freshman year. Almost once a year, she has become a "regular" in the outpatient surgery room. At the end of last year, when she became pregnant again, she chose to go to the pharmacy to buy medicine for a "medical abortion".

Xiaomei thought that based on past experience, medical abortion would not cause much damage to the uterus and was also simpler. Plus, the patient was a familiar face, so she was embarrassed to go into the operating room again, so she chose to go to the pharmacy to buy abortion pills herself.

After suffering from stomach pain for 3 days, Xiaomei finally couldn't bear it anymore and could only tell her mother crying.

The mother was shocked and rushed her to the hospital. After diagnosis, it was found that the pregnancy had been terminated, but the embryo was still in the uterus and had not been expelled. If a curettage was not performed, there would be endless troubles.

What shocked the mother even more was that this was her ninth miscarriage, which could very likely lead to infertility.

Director Liu of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology who performed the operation on Xiaomei said that the endometrium of a woman is like a "field". If the endometrium is scarred, the "seeds" may not have the "soil" to grow and develop in the future. Women like Xiaomei who have had multiple abortions are very likely to lose their "property rights" forever and become unable to have children, leaving regrets in their future lives.

She said that young women nowadays do not take care of their bodies. They even had 8 abortions without taking any protective measures. They are simply playing with their lives.

Myth: Improper contraceptive measures in "DINK" families

If Shasha and Xiaomei chose artificial abortion out of ignorance, then it would be a bit "unfair" for Ms. Yu, 35 years old this year, who just had her third abortion.

According to the outpatient doctor, Ms. Yu wanted to be a "DINK" and after her first miscarriage, the doctor recommended that she get an IUD. But Ms. Yu refused and chose to stick musk on her belly button as a "contraceptive". Now, the skin around her belly button is almost "smothered" by the plaster.

The reporter asked her why she didn't take IUD or other contraceptive measures after getting married.

Ms. Yu replied that she heard that having an IUD would increase her menstrual periods and that it would be painful to remove it in the future. She is currently using the folk musk contraceptive method, and when it fails, she uses minimally invasive or painless surgery, which she feels should be easier than having an IUD.

Ye Ninghe, director of the Family Planning Department of Nanjing Maternal and Child Health Hospital, said that Xue Lizhai, a physician in the Ming Dynasty, pointed out that a minor miscarriage is more serious than a major miscarriage. A major miscarriage is like ripe millet that falls off by itself; a minor miscarriage is like picking the millet while it is still raw, breaking the skin and injuring the roots.

She said that the pain caused by abortion is imaginable. Therefore, recuperation after abortion is more important than normal delivery. In response to the increase in the number of unmarried abortions, the hospital has also actively strengthened education in this regard, and has now held reproductive health lectures on university campuses.

Data shows that the number of abortions among college students increases during summer and winter vacations and after holidays. In view of the "rampant love" among college and high school students, teaching them the correct contraceptive methods can also play a preventive role, at least reducing the harm to women to a minimum.

Experience: You can buy abortion pills for around 200 yuan

Yesterday at noon, the reporter went to the "Xiansheng" pharmacy on Hongwu Road in Nanjing. Upon inquiry, a staff member recommended two abortion drugs, "mifepristone" and "prostaglandin preparations" at 180 yuan and 260 yuan respectively, which were produced by a Beijing pharmaceutical factory. Afterwards, the reporter "Baidu" on the Internet, and there were no less than 100 "regular sellers" available for selection, claiming that they could be delivered nationwide, and that experts would provide "online" guidance on taking them? The reporter learned from the Municipal Maternal and Child Health Abortion Education Office that "mifepristone", also known as "Xiyin" or "Ru486", is a new type of anti-progestin drug that can induce abortion and terminate early pregnancy. The effective rate is 65% to 85%, and when used in combination with misoprostol, its success rate (i.e. complete abortion) can be as high as more than 95%.

Director Liu of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology said that not everyone is suitable for medical abortion. Some people will experience side effects, and monitoring during the abortion process is also very important. Some people need to be hospitalized for observation and pay close attention to blood pressure, pulse and side effects of the drugs. There are many clinical cases where medical abortion is not clean, and then go to the hospital for surgical abortion, which causes double the pain.

Journalist's Notes

I once heard from a friend that she stuffed a pack of contraceptive pills into her daughter's suitcase when she went abroad to study. At that time, her husband had a fierce argument with her and accused her of "indulging" her daughter.

This friend said that if the child goes abroad and is far away from us, we will be out of reach if something happens. Instead of discussing the disadvantages of premarital sex with her, it is better to tell her daughter directly how to protect herself to the greatest extent possible.

Indeed, considering my country's national conditions, giving "condoms" to a daughter who has just entered college is very advanced.

In this open age, choosing the right way to provide sex education to children born in the 1980s and 1990s is indeed worthy of deep reflection by parents and teachers.

The trend of underage girls having abortions at a younger age is getting worse and worse. To some extent, this is due to some restrictions in traditional thinking. Because of this, the "sex education channel" will be blocked, which will inevitably lead to a lack of sexual knowledge among boys and girls.

My friend's approach is not to encourage premarital sex among minors, but to avoid as much harm as possible from being caused to them by these "young people" during their relationships.

If the 9-year-old girl in Guangxi and the 13-year-old boy who "caused trouble" had received sex education earlier and mastered the most basic sexual knowledge, this "tragedy of abortion during the teething period" would most likely have been avoided.