Twin births boom in China as more women take fertility drugs

AFP reports:

The number of twin births is rising rapidly across China as more women take fertility drugs, often in order to circumvent the nation's stern population policies, state media reports.


At the Maternal and Child Hygiene Hospital in east China's Nanjing city, 90 sets of twins and triplets were born last year, compared with usually just 20 sets annually, the China Daily reported.

"More women are taking fertility medicine to help them become pregnant," Gu Ling, the hospital's director, told the paper.

Not everyone wants to have one child.