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	whoa...this I didn't know...

Deepti

11-2-2006 7:43 AM

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uae, abortion, legal

Deepti says:

the powers that be over here have seen it fit to unblock youtube, orkut, hi5...things do seem to be moving forward...at least in some respects...

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11-2-2006 11:14 AM

coconutshell

Wow....I didn't know that either!!

Who'd have thought?

11-2-2006 12:57 PM

anonymology

Who would have thought! Good work.

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      <DIV></DIV><DIV>Another sign of progress:  the UAE is finally <A href="http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2006/September/theuae_September140.xml%26section=theuae">legalising abortion</A>:</DIV><BR /><I><DIV>"Abortion will be allowed in the country but under tough conditions,” said Dr Ali bin Shukar, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Health (MoH). “Applicants must have valid reasons."</DIV><BR />He said his ministry has broadly reached a consensus with the Ministry of Justice and General Awqaf Authority to sanction abortion.</I><BR /><BR />This will be a comfort to women who currently have to travel overseas to countries such as Egypt for terminations.  Islam has always been quite <A href="http://www.jamaat.org/qa/abort.html">progressive</A> on abortion, with nearly all schools of law allowing it for situations of real need, such as endangerment to the <A href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ethics/abortion/relig_islam1.shtml">mother's life</A>.<DIV></DIV>
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