Chinese School Scraps Pregnancy Test - Townhall.com::The News::News Article: "A vocational school in far western China has decided to scrap a new rule requiring all female students to take pregnancy tests amid concerns the tests would violate the girls' privacy, state media reported Friday.

The headmaster at the agriculture vocational school in Urumqi, capital of the heavily Muslim Xinjiang region, said school officials wanted to limit the number of unwanted pregnancies among students, 80 percent of whom are girls between the ages of 16 and 19, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

But public pressure over infringing the students' privacy rights prompted school officials to abandon the new policy, Xinhua said, citing the headmaster who was identified only by his surname, Wang.

Last week, the school ruled that all female students must take a pregnancy test as part of their annual physical, Xinhua reported. Results were to be divulged only to the school doctor and the student's personal tutor, but parents would be notified if a test came back positive, the report said."

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