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Thousands protest at Turkey anti-C-section,abortion law

By REUTERS

JUNE 3, 2012 16:58

ISTANBUL - 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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