Educated Mothers OK Says Government

Women are now permitted to have children in college if they are married:

The ministries of education and public security, along with the National Family and Population Planning Commission issued a joint statement August 3, protecting university students' legal right to have children.

The circular says universities cannot stop a married student from continuing her studies because of her pregnancy, and instead will put her courses on hold until she can better take care of herself and her child.

In September 2005, the Ministry of Education implemented a policy that allows university students to marry. But that policy did not specify how to deal with pregnant students.