Since March, a reform of the abortion law has been debated in Morocco on the pretext of fighting “backstreet, non-medical abortion”. Following consultation with several commissions and after noting the stance adopted by various parties, Friday’s press release announced the authorisation of abortion “in certain cases of force majeure”:
“Pregnancies following rape or incest”
“Severe deformities”
“Incurable diseases possibly contracted by the foetus”.
This press release should soon become a draft bill in order to “incorporate these conclusions in the penal code”.
Le Nouvel Obs (15/05/2015)