A bill regulating birth control standards in Turkey has been drafted by a joint effort of health, justice and family ministries, according to Turkish newspaper Akşam. ...»

In response to new legislation that would grant doctors the right to refuse to perform abortion, medical ethics expert Dr. Muhtar Çokar said that “Doctors can ...»

Support for the right to abortion has declined considerably in Turkey since 1990, according to a public opinion survey published by Istanbul’s Bahçeşehir University. Religion, education ...»

Officials from the United Nations Population Fund stress that the causes lying behind abortion cannot be resolved through legal prohibition or moral denunciation and call instead ...»

Women called on authorities to ease access to birth control methods rather than banning abortion and for the perpetrators of the Roboski massacre to be put ...»

bianet's men and women are now starting off a campaign in order to open a space for everyone to react easily and openly. Anyone who says ...»

Minister of Health Recep Akdağ announced they would prepare ‘report on abortion’ with the instruction of the Prime Minister. ...»

Reacting to the Prime Minister's remarks about abortion and caesarean section, doctors drew attention to the need for decreasing the rise in caesarean section and recalled ...»

"Every Abortion is Uludere" said Prime Minister Erdoğan at AKP Women's Branch Congress. ...»

‘Male violence is murder, abortion is the choice of women’ told women protesting the recent statement of Prime Minister Erdoğan on abortion. ...»

The Turkish law allows abortion until the 20th week of pregnancy in case a woman got pregnant because of rape. Yet, a judge dismissed the request ...»