Buying emergency contraceptive pills to get tougher for Chinese women, as Fuzhou Food and Drug Administration makes real name registration compulsory for buying morning after pills, reports MSN.

According to the news portal, in Fuzhou, the capital of east Fujian province, registration of names along with contact numbers has been made mandatory before over-the-counter purchase of emergency contraception.

Critics have panned the new anti-abortion policy enforced by the local food and drug administration from December 21, 2011, saying that it would put people's privacy at risk.

Expressing their concern on the impact of rule on adolescent pregnancy, other online forums said that the law will make it difficult for young girls without ID cards to buy emergency birth control pills for preventing unwanted pregnancy.

Explaining the intention behind enforcement of the law, Wu Xingfa, the head of Fuzhou Food and Drug Administration, told MSN that the rule will help to combat misuse of the pills, as some clinics use the mifepristone containing emergency contraceptive pills as an abort girl foetus.

MSN learns that in China, emergency contraceptives containing mifepristone are available at pharmacies, making it easy for the illegal medical practitioners to buy them. The rule enforced also enforced in cities such as Xiamen and Sanming, is believed to prevent illegal practices, says the authorities.

Both the local authorities and the pharmacies have made it clear that they don't have enough resource to ensure protection of privacy for the consumers, notes MSN.