Indonesia Legalizes First Trimester Abortions in Cases of Rape or Medical Emergency ...Middle East

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Indonesia will allow women to have an abortion up to 14 weeks gestation in some instances, from six weeks previously, as part of regulatory changes aimed at arresting one of Southeast Asia’s highest rates of maternal mortality. The new rule, signed into law by President Joko Widodo this week, follows demands from women’s rights activists and health-care practitioners who argue that the previous rule was too restrictive in cases of rape, leading some women and girls to be jailed for terminations beyond six weeks. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Abortion is illegal in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, with the exception of medical emergencies and rape. Even

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