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Abortions Are Illegal and Common in Egypt
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Women seek abortions throughout Egypt, even though religious and civil law bars the procedures. Some 35 percent are done without any medical supervision.
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Women seek abortions throughout Egypt, even though religious and civil law bars the procedures. Some 35 percent are done without any medical supervision.
Proceeds of the first public staging of “The Vagina Monologues” in Egypt last week will go toward one of the few battered-women’s shelters in the Middle East. The performances drew overflow crowds and some public censure.