Authorities in Leiyang, Hunan Province demanded that Liang Konglian (梁孔莲), a young woman from Guangxi who had given birth to a boy in May 2012, receive a tubal litigation in July 2012. On July 26, 2012, Liang had the procedure performed at the Liyang family planning service center. Liang fell ill following the surgery, and five days later she died at the family planning center. Police refused access to the center, and did not allow Liang's family into the ward to view her body. In the account of the event (Chinese only), the author proposes that Liang may have died due to complications following her surgery which were not immediately treated.
