12 October 2022
O&G specialist Dr Jamiyah Hassan describes abortion laws in Malaysia as generally grey.
Tag: abortion
11 October 2022
Advocates should push political parties and election candidates to address various health issues in GE15 election manifestos, like health care financing, social and aged care, access to abortion, NCDs, tobacco control, HIV/AIDS, and pandemic preparedness.
20 May 2022
Azalina Othman Said says Malaysia’s restrictive abortion-related law under the Penal Code disproportionately burdens rape victims who fall pregnant, creating "unimaginable harm".
19 August 2021
Female reproductive rights and autonomy can only be obtained when politicians prioritise the matter and implement legislation objectively.
14 August 2020
Without safe abortion services and if all unplanned pregnancies continued to term, shelters and baby hatches would be totally overwhelmed by demand.
30 June 2020
Lockdown restrictions saw an increase in the number of callers to RRAAM's abortion hotline in May.
4 March 2020
A senior MOH official recently said countries do not have to abide by WHO’s list of essential drugs that includes mifepristone and misoprostol.
21 January 2020
The WHO Essential Medicines List is only a guide, says a health official.
9 January 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) also found the abortion pill did not require “close medical supervision”.
30 December 2019
The usage of contraceptives clearly prevents unplanned pregnancy and thus, abortion.