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Middle East

Rape victims ‘must have abortions’

December 31, 2007
World News Australia

Sunni Islam’s highest seat of learning has ruled that any woman who becomes pregnant as a result of rape must undergo an abortion.

The Islamic Research Council of Cairo-based Al-Azhar has declared immediate terminations are essential to maintain “social stability”.

Egyptian law bans abortion except on the grounds of “necessity”, which includes instances when a woman’s life or health is in danger, or in cases of fetal abnormality.

But Al-Azhar has called for changes to such regulations.

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