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DEM deputy questions de facto abortion ban in Diyarbakır hospitals

DEM deputy questions de facto abortion ban in Diyarbakır hospitals

Hospitals in the city have reportedly imposed an outright ban on abortions despite this being a legal right in Turkey.

“My Body, My Decision,” French Women Say

FRENCH WOMEN SUPPORT THEIR TURKISH COUNTERPARTS

“My Body, My Decision,” French Women Say

French feminist organizations gathered in Paris on June 19 to show their support for Turkish women and their struggle against the Turkish government’s plans to ban abortion, as they chanted “Hands off abortion in Turkey.”

21 June 2012 Buket Tuğsel

What To Do Instead Of Banning Abortion

UN POPULATION FUND ON ABORTION

What To Do Instead Of Banning Abortion

Officials from the United Nations Population Fund stress that the causes lying behind abortion cannot be resolved through legal prohibition or moral denunciation and call instead for greater access to birth control methods, introducing courses on sexual health in schools and strengthening the status of women.

8 June 2012 Çiçek Tahaoğlu