Reply #1: Here is an article about that.... [View All]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2003%2F10%2F26%2Fwirq26.xml

In Iraq, a Muslim country, abortion has long been illegal - and socially taboo - except in medical emergencies. But since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's rule turned the established order on its head, Baghdad has witnessed an upsurge in promiscuity - and the emergence of a practice too risky to carry out under the former regime, with its network of spies. Abortion has become readily available.

Samira has already performed nine abortions in the past three months, two on women with large families who could not cope with another mouth to feed, the rest the result of what she calls "illegitimate pregnancies".

She said:"Many women, knowing that I was a midwife, approached me looking to get rid of pregnancies. I do it when I feel that it is necessary."