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MANILA, Philippines – The call to legalize abortion in the country has been getting stronger.

From New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) and international women's group EnGendeRights to award-winning journalist Ninotchka Rosca, groups have been asking the government to allow abortion in certain circumstances and provide more access to contraceptives.

CRR, in particular, noted that the criminalization of abortion in the Philippines has led to health complications and untimely deaths of pregnant women.

Citing studies, the rights group said 1,000 out of the 560,000 women who tried to induce an abortion in 2008 died from complications. CRR said common methods of inducing an abortion in the country include painful abdominal massages and the insertion of a catheter into the uterus, among others…

Added by JF 9/8/10