Thousands protest at Turkey anti-abortion law plan

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Thousands protest at Turkey anti-abortion law plan

ISTANBUL | Sun Jun 3, 2012 9:53am EDT

(Reuters) - Thousands of people took to the streets of Istanbul on Sunday to protest against plans by Turkey's prime minister to bring in a new law on abortion, a practice he has called "murder".

Women of all ages held aloft banners with slogans including "My body, my choice" and "I am a woman not a mother, don't touch my body" as they marched to the city's Kadikoy Square.

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan sparked outrage from women's groups and opposition lawmakers last weekend when he delivered two fiery speeches in which he attacked abortion and caesarean births as secret plots designed to stall Turkey's economic growth. Abortion, he said, was "murder".

He said on Tuesday his governing AK Party was preparing a draft bill on abortion and intended to enact it into law. He gave no details.

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[David__77]

1. Theocratic nutbags...

Women are mere vessels, chalices to these people.

[MiniMe]

2. And what do cesarean sections have to do with abortion?

And a secret plot designed to stall Turkey's economy? People have lost their minds.

[Warpy]

3. It's highly debatable whether misogynistic males had them to lose

Men who despise the female half of the human race have major screws loose.

[mrmpa]

4. Why can't we get these kind of........

protests in the US?

We need old style (1960's) type, in your face demonstrations, to make these repug assholes to back down. The lack of protests, the mealy mouth non-profits (who do nothing but try & negotiate) when negotiation should not be a response, is what allows these right-wing bastards to continue their assault on women, children, liberals & anyone who does not agree with them.

[cbayer]

5. This AK Party is really threatening Turkey's generally secular government.

They are also prosecuting a concert pianist for Tweets he made about Islam.

Their chances of getting in the EU are particularly threatened.