Pt 3: Contraception and abortion in Islam

Pt 2: Abandoned babies in Malaysia: Dispelling the myths

An exclusive interview with Rashidah Abdullah, Co-Chair of the Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia (RRAAM).

"...in Islam, abortion is allowed up to 4 months, when the soul is regarded as entering the fetus, so it not regarded as alive, so its not a sin,..."

Reported by Aidila Razak
Video by Shufiyan Shukur and Indrani Kopal

Note

Rashidah Abdullah is an activist and independent consultant in the areas of women's health and sexual and reproductive health and rights, women's rights and NGO organisational development in Malaysia. She is the founder director on ARROW's Board of Directors, Co-Coordinator of RRAAM, a member of the Malaysian Aids Council's Programme Review Committee, the Programme and Management Committee of Sisters in Islam, and a trustee of Women's Aid Organization (WAO).