Yesterday the “Guardian Council” vetoed an abortion bill that passed the parliament for about a month ago. The bill would have permitted abortion during the first four months of the pregnancy if the mother’s health was in danger or if the foetus is handicapped. According to some reports over 80 000 illegal abortions takes place in the country every year.
The”Guardian Council”, which consists of 12-men, six clerics and six lawyers, has veto power over all the parliaments’ laws that they deem to be “un-Islamic”. In a letter to the parliament the “Guardian Council” wrote; "Abortion is against Islamic Shari'a law in cases where the child would cause difficulties for his parents after birth due to mental or physical handicap".
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