that the majority of women still are reluctant to seek out medical help for issues concerning their gynecological needs. The unwillingness to get regular vaginal and breast examinations has led to severe vaginal infections and late detection of breast cancer. Women resist getting these vaginal exams because if they are found to have an infection their identity as a woman is called into question as her role of care giver is reversed and is labeled as a care receiver. When infections were found it was reported that women often didn't even think they were suffering from an illness, and it is speculated that they perceived these infections as part of the female condition. These attitudes are common and spread due to poor healthcare systems and health information. Abortion in China is legal and generally accessible. Abortions are available to all women through China's family planning programme, public hospitals, private hospitals, and clinics nationwide. In August 2022, the National Health Commission announced that it would direct measures toward "preventing unintended pregnancy and reducing abortions that are not medically necessary." Those measures include encouraging reproductive education and improving support measures in the areas of taxation, insurance, education, with encouragement for local governments to boost infant care services and family friendly workplaces. The National Health Commission also announced that assisted reproductive technology will be gradually included in the national medical system. IVF is expensive in China and has not been accessible to unmarried women. Postnatal health The tradition of "doing the month" or "sitting the month" () has significant influence on women's postnatal health in China. Denoted as "postpartum confinement" in western scholarship, it is a series of everyday practices from special diet to restrictive activities meant to help postnatal women to recover from the trauma of birth. It is believed that such practices can help women restore their "harmonious equilibrium" in body and therefore prevent certain diseases later in their lives. Especially in Hong Kong, mother and baby sometimes "sit the month" in special clinics. Researchers debate whether the tradition is helpful or dysfunctional. Shu-Shya Heh et al. have found that "doing the month" makes women less likely to develop postnatal depression, because they perceive high social support from their family. Other studies have also shown that certain elements of the custom jeopardize postnatal women's health, such as lack of exposure to sunshine or imbalance of nutrition. HIV/AIDS HIV in China has