Abortion in Malaysia occupies a legally ambiguous middle ground that makes it functionally inaccessible as a medical tourism service. Under Section 312 of the Penal Code (Act 574), termination of pregnancy is permitted when a registered medical practitioner forms the opinion in good faith that continuing the pregnancy poses greater risk to the woman's life or physical or mental health than termination — a provision enacted by a 1989 amendment Elective abortion, and abortion explicitly on ground...
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