Moroccan women say they are abortion 'outlaws' in protest at journalist's trial

Issued on: 23/09/2019

Hundreds of Moroccan women on Monday signed a manifesto stating that they have broken their country's "unfair" laws punishing extramarital relations and abortions.

The statement comes as a Moroccan female journalist stands trial for allegedly having sex outside of wedlock and illegally terminating a pregnancy.

"We, Moroccan citizens, declare that we are outlaws," the women said in the text published in Moroccan media outlets and due to appear in French daily Le Monde on Tuesday.

Continued: https://www.france24.com/en/20190923-morocco-women-sex-abortion-manifesto-protest-journalist-raissouni-leila-slimani