'It Always Depends on the Circumstances'
Women demonstrate in Ankara against Erdogan's plan to limit their abortion rights.
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has outraged women in his country by calling for a ban on abortion. But he's just using the issue for political gain, says Ihsan Özkes, a retired mufti and parliamentarian for the country's center-left Republican People's Party (CHP). Islam is actually more permissive on the issue than Christianity, he says.
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