Europe must fight Turkish abortion restrictions
by Lilian Sepúlveda
01 June 2012
Evidence show that abortion restrictions lead not to fewer abortions, but to increases in unsafe and illegal abortion procedures, warns campaign group
Women living in Turkey could be facing a dangerous future, thanks to the extremely troubling remarks and actions of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan. Last week, he sparked outrage among local women's rights advocates and the international human rights community at the annual International Parliamentarians' Conference on Population and Development, in Istanbul. Erdogan said that he saw abortion as "murder" and asked the audience: "What's the difference between killing a baby inside a mother's womb and killing a baby after birth?"
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