Women's rights groups in Taiwan are hitting back at government plans to increase fines for women having abortions after 24 weeks.
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00:00Women's rights groups are speaking out against a government plan to increase fines for what
00:04Taiwan considers illegal abortions. A new proposal from the Justice Ministry would see
00:10women fined US$2,500 for breaking the abortion law. That's more than 20 times the current
00:16fine. Abortion is illegal after the 24th week of pregnancy in most cases in Taiwan. Women
00:23groups have hit back at the proposal, saying it infringes on women's rights. They've started
00:28a petition to decriminalise abortion in Taiwan.