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There is also strong religious disapproval of abortions. In January 2004, the foremost mosque in Egypt issued a fatwa against abortions.<ref>[http://womensenews.org/2004/04/abortions-are-illegal-and-common-egypt/ Abortions Are Illegal and Common in Egypt]</ref> | There is also strong religious disapproval of abortions. In January 2004, the foremost mosque in Egypt issued a fatwa against abortions.<ref>[http://womensenews.org/2004/04/abortions-are-illegal-and-common-egypt/ Abortions Are Illegal and Common in Egypt]</ref> | ||
However, women continue to seek abortions in Egypt. As reported by CairoScene: "Women in Egypt have always managed, one way or another, to find some method of terminating their unwanted pregnancies, because although most doctors refuse to perform the procedure on legal or religious grounds, there has always been an underground web of physicians who perform them and the women who have had them done, and the web is laden with whispers from both ends."<ref>[http://www.cairoscene.com/In-Depth/The-Trouble-with-Abortions-in-Egypt The Trouble with Abortion in Egypt]</ref> According to one study, one third of Cairo women (married and unmarried) had tried to terminate a pregnancy.<ref>[http://www.prb.org/pdf08/MENAabortion.pdf Abortion in the Middle East and North Africa]</ref> Another study found that 41% of women in one rural Upper Egypt area had at least one abortion and 25% had more than one.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10962589 Incidence and socioeconomic determinants of abortion in rural Upper Egypt.]</ref> One of the most common methods is ordering Misotac, the abortion pill from abroad. To read the personal stories of abortions performed in Egypt, click [http://egyptianstreets.com/2014/06/01/the-reality-of-getting-an-abortion-in-egypt/ here], [http://www.cairoscene.com/In-Depth/The-Trouble-with-Abortions-in-Egypt here] and [http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/04/24/abortion-in-egypt-whose-choice/ here]. Also, [http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/taboo-leads-children-dumped-streets-egypt-1371982043 here] is an article about women who cannot access abortion services so either turn to self-induced abortion or abandoning their newborn babies. | However, women continue to seek abortions in Egypt. As reported by CairoScene: "Women in Egypt have always managed, one way or another, to find some method of terminating their unwanted pregnancies, because although most doctors refuse to perform the procedure on legal or religious grounds, there has always been an underground web of physicians who perform them and the women who have had them done, and the web is laden with whispers from both ends."<ref>[http://www.cairoscene.com/In-Depth/The-Trouble-with-Abortions-in-Egypt The Trouble with Abortion in Egypt]</ref> According to one study, one third of Cairo women (married and unmarried) had tried to terminate a pregnancy.<ref>[http://www.prb.org/pdf08/MENAabortion.pdf Abortion in the Middle East and North Africa]</ref> Another study found that 41% of women in one rural Upper Egypt area had at least one abortion and 25% had more than one.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10962589 Incidence and socioeconomic determinants of abortion in rural Upper Egypt.]</ref> One of the most common methods is ordering Misotac, the abortion pill from abroad. | ||
To read the personal stories of abortions performed in Egypt, click [http://egyptianstreets.com/2014/06/01/the-reality-of-getting-an-abortion-in-egypt/ here], [http://www.cairoscene.com/In-Depth/The-Trouble-with-Abortions-in-Egypt here] and [http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/04/24/abortion-in-egypt-whose-choice/ here]. Also, [http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/taboo-leads-children-dumped-streets-egypt-1371982043 here] is an article about women who cannot access abortion services so either turn to self-induced abortion or abandoning their newborn babies. | |||
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