Termination Of Pregnancy In Malaysia
We report a case of 17 year old student at 7 weeks of pregnancy after being gang raped who together with her parents had requested for a top.
Termination of pregnancy in malaysia. Kuala lumpur nov 18 malaysia is one of the few muslim majority countries in the world where it is legal to get an abortion. Despite this many women and those with birthing bodies still face a multitude of barriers that prevent them from terminating an unwanted pregnancy. The legal period within which an abortion can take place is 120 days. The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only the information is provided by mma online contraceptive course and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct we make no representations or warranties of any kind express or implied about the completeness accuracy reliability suitability or.
Malaysia has an abortion law which permits termination of pregnancy to save a woman s life and to preserve her physical and mental health penal code section 312 amended in 1989. Seremban malaysia abstract this case report highlights on the dilemma in making a decision for termination of pregnancy top for a muslim rape victim in malaysian setting. Malay mail online mtuc. Portal rasmi kementerian kesihatan malaysia.
In malaysia decision to perform termination of pregnancy must take into consideration the legal medical mental health and religious aspects. When a woman s life is in danger when a woman s physical health is in danger when a woman s mental health is in danger furthermore a woman must consent to an abortion and she must have a medical professional s authorisation. A termination can be arranged easily. In the second part of malaysia s abortion laws article we will take a look at a high profile abortion case in the country where a nepali woman nirmala thapa became the first woman in malaysia to be sent to jail for termination of pregnancy.