Photo of The Day: Teenage Abortions Peak During May Holiday Break

We report that The Shanghai Daily reported on a Xinmen Evening News report (in Chinese) that teenage abortions peaked during the May Golden Week holiday period. The article states that this mirrors a trend for all the Golden Week holidays, where students take time to recover from the procedure which would normally eat into study or internship responsibilities. The Shanghai Daily report quotes that 80 percent of the abortion patients were under the age of 18.

Photo by jules_shanghai was found via the Shanghaiist Contribute page.

Shanghaiist has revived our "Photo of the Day", a series of daily pictures of life around the city. We want you to share how you see Shanghai. Simply post your photos on Flickr, tag them with "shanghaiist", and we'll select one favorite image per day. Or you can simply email your photos to photos[at]shanghaiist.com. So go ahead. Show us your Shanghai.