Middle East Focus: Turks Ban Insemination, Foreign Liaisons, is Vasectomy Next?.........

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Turks Ban Insemination, Foreign Liaisons, is Vasectomy Next?.........

“A new law passed in Turkey has made it a criminal offence for a woman to go abroad and get pregnant via artificial insemination. Artificial insemination is already illegal, but women have until now been able to go overseas to seek sperm donors. Now they will face punishment of one to three years in prison for doing so. Doctors and lawyers say they are trying to find out how the government plans to enforce the law. All sorts of activities can land you in court, and possibly in jail, in Turkey. Insulting "Turkishness", taking part in demonstrations, or showing the slightest sympathy for the banned Kurdish Workers' Party, for example. Now you can add to that long list the crime of using a foreign sperm donor. ………”

I forgot to add in the title the words “artificial”, “foreign”: two things Turks are suspicious of, presumably because they do not have enough “Turkishness”. What about having intercourse with a foreigner overseas? What about vasectomy?
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