Orphanage for pregnant women

DENPASAR, Bali: A scholar has proposed establishing an orphanage for unmarried pregnant women to prevent them from resorting to abortions or disposal of their children.

Wimpie Pangkahila, a lecturer at the Udayana University School of Medicine, said last week that sparse funding may hamper the establishment of the orphanage.

The proposed orphanage could also help childless married couples adopt children born outside of wedlock, Wimpie was quoted by Antara as saying.

He said there was an orphanage like it in Surabaya. (31)