12-04-2022, 05:03 PM
Criminalising out-of-wedlock pregnancies, births cruel, says health group
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PETALING JAYA: Terengganu’s amended shariah laws which criminalise out-of-wedlock pregnancies and births appear to be unusually cruel to both mother and child, says a health advocacy group.
The Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy’s CEO Azrul Mohd Khalib said the state had failed to give any consideration to the health, protection and welfare of women and their children.
He said the state authorities had completely ignored the dangerous consequences the amended Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment 2022 will have on women and girls.
Azrul said women and girls in this country were still vulnerable to sexual and gender-based violence.
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The Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy’s CEO Azrul Mohd Khalib said the state had failed to give any consideration to the health, protection and welfare of women and their children.
He said the state authorities had completely ignored the dangerous consequences the amended Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment 2022 will have on women and girls.
Azrul said women and girls in this country were still vulnerable to sexual and gender-based violence.
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