Abortion is a practice that “should be banned,” the head of Parliament’s Human Rights Commission has said, adding fire to a raging debate that was sparked by the Turkish prime minister’s recent remarks against abortion and Caesarian births, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
“Abortion is a crime against humanity. It means depriving unborn babies of the right to life. It’s a delusion to consider that a baby’s life begins only after a certain period of pregnancy. Our society is pulling away from this delusion gradually,” Ayhan Sefer Üstün told Anatolia news agency yesterday.
Any intervention against life in the womb should be banned without regard for the woman’s trimester, Üstün said.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said May 25 that he considered abortion to be “murder” while also speaking out against Caesarean births. In Turkey, abortion is legal during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy, and Erdoğan’s remarks have created a huge debate over the issue.
