Abortion in Thailand - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 01 Aug 2021 22:53:11 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Abortion in Thailand - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 In Thailand, new abortion freedoms face spiritual resistance https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/08/02/in-thailand-new-abortion-freedoms-face-spiritual-resistance/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 07:55:18 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=138874 In a breakthrough for reproductive rights in Southeast Asia, anyone seeking a first-trimester abortion in Thailand can get one legally from February. Yet, they may still face resistance when turning up to a clinic, according to longtime abortion rights advocate Supecha Baotip. "Many doctors and nurses don't want to do it, even though it's now Read more

In Thailand, new abortion freedoms face spiritual resistance... Read more]]> In a breakthrough for reproductive rights in Southeast Asia, anyone seeking a first-trimester abortion in Thailand can get one legally from February.

Yet, they may still face resistance when turning up to a clinic, according to longtime abortion rights advocate Supecha Baotip.

"Many doctors and nurses don't want to do it, even though it's now totally legal," she said. "That's about more than just a feeling. It's about belief on the spiritual level."

Outside of rare cases, abortion is illegal in other large Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, which is majority Islamic, and the Philippines, a bastion of Catholicism. Islam and Catholicism are staunchly opposed to abortion.

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