The Columbo Page reports today, October 1, 2008, that the Ministry of Child Development and Women’s Welfare is beginning consultations with a view to legalizing abortion in the case of rape. The paper cites media reports that 12 percent of underaged schoolgirls become pregnant annually in Monaragala and Kurunegala districts.
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