Illegal abortion must be stopped

Illegal abortion must be stopped

SURABAYA, East Java: Muslim organizations Muhammadiyah and
Nadhlatul Ulama (NU) urged local police to take stern action
against five suspects in an abortion case in the city.

"The police must bring the five suspects to court in an
attempt to eliminate the practice of illegal abortion which is
rife in the city," Fasich Apt, chairman of the local chapter of
Muhammadiyah, said here on Saturday.

The five suspects were arrested in a recent crackdown on a
clinic believed to have provided medical facilities for
abortions.

He asserted that all religious institutions had an obligation
to uphold morality and detect all violations of religious and
moral teachings in society.

Ali Maschan Musa, chairman of the local chapter of NU,
concurred saying that law enforcers should discourage illegal
abortion.

"The police must take strict actions not only against the
doctors but also against health workers in the clinics and the
women who have abortions," he said.

According to data at the provincial police's detective unit,
the five suspects were Wiwik Suliyani, a teacher, her
daughter-in-law Lusiana, gynecologist Achdyat Premedi, Retnowati,
a paramedic and Suhari, a broker. --Antara