Indonesia: Delayed Abortion Regulation Denies Abuse Victims’ Rights: Critics

Delayed Abortion Regulation Denies Abuse Victims' Rights: Critics

Aug 21, 2017

The government’s sluggish effort to provide legal and safe abortion services has largely denied the rights of the people, especially victims of rape, to proper reproductive health services, say women’s rights campaigners. Three years after the Health Ministry’s Decree on Reproductive Health went into force, the much-awaited service remains elusive. The decree is a follow-up to Law No. 36/2009 on Health, which legalizes abortion for rape victims and as a life-saving measure.

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