SPIEGEL: Should abortions be possible without penalty up to the third month? In the spring of 1974 the discussion about this boiled over. In 1974, some signs pointed to a return of the "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution" As in many dictatorships, in the People's Republic of China one could never be sure about the actual intention of the leadership.
In 1975, the highest court ruled that the “fruit of the body” enjoys the same basic rights protection as a born human being.