ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s health minister said Tuesday that the government wants to reduce the number of abortions, days after the prime minister likened the practice to murder.
Recep Akdag said a study was under way for possible measures against abortions - presently legal in Turkey up to 10 weeks from conception. Emergency abortions for medical reasons can be performed after that.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday during the opening ceremony of a hospital in Istanbul that his government is preparing “legislation about abortion, and we will pass that.”
Erdogan has long urged Turkish families to have at least three children to keep the country’s work force young and dynamic.
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