Jarkarta Globe: Amnesty Demands Repeal of Indonesia's Anti-Abortion Laws, By Dessy Sagita:
Jakarta. Amnesty International on Thursday demanded that the government abolish laws infringing on women’s reproductive health rights, including the law that forbids abortion.
“The Indonesian government has pledged to enhance gender equality, but many Indonesian women still struggle for fair and equal treatment,” said Salil Shetty, Amnesty’s secretary general.
Isabelle Arradon, Amnesty’s Indonesia researcher, said the human rights watchdog has sent an open letter to the government, asking it to repeal all women-unfriendly laws and regulations — at the national as well as the local level…
Added by JF 11/4/10