Paper Title
The Induced Abortion of Teenagers According to Thai Law From Past to Present
Abstract
This objective of this article is to study about the rights of teenagers to the induced abortion according to Thai law. From the study it was found that the induced abortion is an option for women who become pregnant. This guarantees the right to decide and determine future obligations whether to continue the pregnancy or choose to terminate the pregnancy. This is considered a process to solve social problems related to medical hygiene. Female teenagers who are pregnant also have the right to receive reproductive health information, confidentiality, and privacy, equal rights and welfare from the state, including opportunities for further study and still have the right to decide to terminate the pregnancy. If it appears that pregnancy is a risk of harm to physical or mental health, there is a reason to believe that the baby will be seriously deformed when born. Pregnancy is the result of sexual offenses committed against teenage girls to satisfy the perpetrator's desires by using the perpetrator's genitals to invade the genitals of women under 15 years of age whether the woman consents or not, or a teenage girl over the age of 15 has been raped and sexually assaulted, women can terminate their pregnancy. For pregnancies that occur from other reasons, if a woman's pregnancy is no more than 12 weeks, she can request to terminate the pregnancy herself. However, if the pregnancy is more than 12 weeks but not more than 20 weeks, the pregnancy can be terminated after receiving examination and receiving alternative counseling from medical practitioners and other professionals according to guidelines for prevention and solving pregnancy problems. teenage pregnancy For this reason, the researcher deems it appropriate to specify that parents, guardians, or those who look after minors where the minor is trusted to participate in the pre- and post-termination process of pregnancy and require teenage girls to receive birth control or take other steps as necessary to follow-up, control, and monitor after induced abortion. This is to reduce the rate of teenage pregnancy and the rate of unplanned induced abortion.
Keywords - Law, Induced Abortion, Teenagers