ollowing the horrific discovery of 348 foetuses dumped at a Bangkok temple compound on Tuesday, the issue of clinics providing illegal abortions once again emerges, with students admitting they had undergone abortion because they didn’t want to destroy their futures.
A second-year student in the Northeast, Ae (not her real name), said she underwent abortion once when she was in Mathayom 6 and became pregnant after she and her boyfriend had unprotected sex. Not wishing to let her parents know about it, she consulted the boyfriend’s parents and they accompanied her to a place known among locals for conducting abortions. She recalled being given two medicine tablets, after which she had to lie down for 3-7 hours until the foetus came out. The charge was Bt5,000 for a 3-4 month pregnancy.