In the last 12 years a number of doctors have been arrested and charged with carrying out illegal abortions. They have taken advantage of the lax laws to gain financial profit of these operations. Such doctors reportedly can earn about Rp500 million a month from this business.

Professor Biran Affandi, an expert in obstetrics and gynecology, is of the opinion along with science and family planning programs, abortion should be legalized. The cri