I find wrapping my head in aluminum foil works great! Gets rid of pesky radio noises, voices telling me to do evil things, aliens, CIA interference, chemtrails and assorted conspiracies. :-)

Abortions are readily available and not expensive.

An illegitimate child is not eligible for a normal education and the mother must pay fines. There might also be hukou problems.

I have never heard of any sort charity or support group for these unfortunate girls. I do have a friend, in Shanghai, who elected to keep her foreign fathered son. But she is a successful business woman and can afford the cost.

Why do you want to be involved? I think, despite your good intentions and compassion, are on a slippery slope.

This is sort of related: China has a "Baby Hatch Program" to care for babies that are unwanted. See: english.caixin.com/2015-01-06/100771394.html

As I firmly believe pollution is an economic choice, I tried to put together a scenario where students, playing the Capitalist, would make business decisions based on costs and effects of the pollution their own factory would dump into the environment.

The primary statistic I used to illustrate effect was the annual birth defects rate in Beijing. I also used information and data from the Love Canal incident in the USA. See:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal

The incidence of birth defects runs about .4%. When Beijing, after years of a steadily increasing rates, released a birth defect rate of 1.7%, the statistics ceased.

Now it seems 900,000 children are reported as born with defects each year in China. My feeling this number is grossly understated.

It has been my impression that abortions are both common and easily obtainable. First, because of the one child policy, and, second, the immense social and economic costs to be borne by the mother.

Either this girl is from out of town, or terribly naive, or is going to hit you up for money.

Sadly, there are times when backing away from problems that are not yours, or of your making, is the least problematic choice.

Hmmm Must be a slow day...