Moroccan women demonstrated outside parliament in the capital, Rabat, yesterday calling for abortion to be legalised.
The protest on International Safe Abortion Day came weeks after a teenage girl, Meriem, died in a village in the center of the country following a clandestine termination.
Abortion is illegal in Morocco and is punishable by up to five years in prison, except in cases when the woman's health is in danger.
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The protest on International Safe Abortion Day came weeks after a teenage girl, Meriem, died in a village in the center of the country following a clandestine termination.
Abortion is illegal in Morocco and is punishable by up to five years in prison, except in cases when the woman's health is in danger.
READ MORE: 2022/09/29/moroccan-women-call-for-the-right-to-have-a-legal-abortion
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