Recently, Yang Haiyan, a 19 year-old student from the Songjiang University in Shanghai publicly announced her accidental pregnancy in a photo album on her Renren social network page. She did it by publishing photos of an ultrasound report she received from the No.411 Hospital in Shanghai that clearly shows that she was pregnant with twins. Yang also left a statement with the photograph that says, “Twins…..” She also uploaded a picture of the pregnancy test with the accompanying words “I must say good-bye to the babies tomorrow, I can’t bear to leave you.”

Yang Haiyan didn’t think that the post she made would spread so quickly throughout the Weibo micro-blogging service and on internet forums where it has been viewed several tens of thousands of times and has attracted many comments and heated debate.

Of this situation, Yang had told her friends: “I posted these pictures for myself to have something to remember. I don’t know who it is that reposted my photo album and made this as big as it is now.” Yang had only made a portion of her Renren site open to the public; her photo album and “current mood” are only available to her close friends.

According to the Shanghai No.411 Hospital, they confirmed having treated this person on September 21 by providing her with an abortion. In order to provide patient confidentiality, the hospital isn’t willing to disclose any more details.

Zhang Shaohua, a volunteer with the “Women’s Hotline for Accidental Pregnancy” and psychiatric consultant, states that Yang likely did this as a way to attract attention and support from her boyfriend and circle of friends and did not intend to become the source of a hotly debated topic.

Source: Qianzhan, Shangc.net

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