Health minister to Church: Abortion is legal

Serbia's Health Minister on Wednesday reacted to the position of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), voiced yesterday, that abortion should be banned in Serbia.

Izvor: Beta

Wednesday, 05.06.2013.

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BELGRADE Serbia's Health Minister on Wednesday reacted to the position of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), voiced yesterday, that abortion should be banned in Serbia. Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic explained that while "everyone was entitled to their opinion" - termination of pregnancy in Serbia was regulated by law, and the rules of the medical profession. Health minister to Church: Abortion is legal She told Beta news agency that the expert public is entitled to start procedures to possibly change the laws - if there were grounds for that based on professional reasons. "At this moment such conditions have not been met," the minister said. The SPC Assembly announced on Tuesday that it supported an initiative launched by "religious doctors", who asked for abortion to be outlawed, "except when it is performed for medical reasons." Beta

Health minister to Church: Abortion is legal

She told Beta news agency that the expert public is entitled to start procedures to possibly change the laws - if there were grounds for that based on professional reasons.

"At this moment such conditions have not been met," the minister said.

The SPC Assembly announced on Tuesday that it supported an initiative launched by "religious doctors", who asked for abortion to be outlawed, "except when it is performed for medical reasons."

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