Sabreen Taha (Reuters)

For Palestinian Women, Abortion Can Mean Lies, Jail or Worse

“Fatma”, a mother of twins with a demanding workload, was distraught to discover she was pregnant again. Her doctor agreed to perform an abortion, she says, only after she promised to pretend the procedure had been a medical emergency. “He felt sorry for me and told me, ‘If someone asks you how you ended up…