News:

Indonesian government has just legalized Government Regulation Number 61/2014 on 21 July about Reproductive Health. This regulation sets about the administration of Health Law number 36/2009. The PP causes pros and cons between societies, especially on the clause that abortion is allowed for pregnant women caused by rape besides those who are indicated to have medical emergency. It is because of the society since the beginning has refused the chance for abortion to be legalized from the application of some previous regulations (Detiknews, 10th of August 2014).

Comments:

We should criticize two main things in this Government Regulation number 61/2014. First, it is about legalization of abortion for rape victim. Second, it is related to the concept of Reproductive Health that has become an umbrella act to the legal abortion.

1. It is unfortunate if there are some parties especially the Ulema Council which view the allowance of abortion for rape victim from normative aspect only. It is true that abortion done before 40 days of pregnancy could be done based on fiqh Islam. However, we need to realize that in this society life that is dominated by a free lifestyle as nowadays, this regulation seems to be misused by the adultery doer to legalize abortion caused by his deed. This regulation also gives opportunity for unwanted pregnancy - caused by adultery, birth control failure, or pregnancy considered to hamper career and work - to demand abortion legalization as what happened in other liberal countries.

2. The concept of Reproductive Health (Kespro) meant by Health Law and this regulation does not refer to improvement of physical and mental health condition of women. It is a misleading concept ordered by international institutions (WHO, UNFPA) to implement sexual liberalization in Muslim countries. Covered by propaganda of right about reproduction organ of every woman, Kespro leads to the wider spread of free sex, sexual distortion like LGBT Lesbianism, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, abortion legalization in every condition and destruction of religious value, and it even leads to the lost generation. Indeed, concept of Kespro is infact, population control program to drive the growth rate of population in Muslim countries.

3. If we really apply the concept of Kespro to protect women, as for rape case then the government should not legalize regulation to give abortion right - even the limit of pregnancy age allowed by fiqh. The more important thing is to set strict law for the rapist and give mental recovery support for the victims. While in this day, the rapists are still fee or chary because of the light punishment. The government also fails to protect women from being the next rape victims. Because alcoholic drinks are legalized to be produced and even they are easily accessible, though in fact those drinks could trigger sexual abuse / rape. It becomes worse by the spread of porn media, women who flaunt their aurat etc. that encourage the spread of rape. Women deserve to be protected by diminishing the entire trigger factors that cause rape, don't they?

It is time for us to realize that government regulation number 61/2014 seems to have liberal motive that caused its legalization. It also gives big opportunity to make social life of this nation more liberal. The establishment of this regulation declares the failure of secular system to solve national problems. Thus every component of this nation is supposed to deliver the correction for this policy and encourage the government to do total revision for rules made by weak human beings but fail to create benefit for everyone. For its change, it is time for us to implement the rules that come from Allah - Islamic Shariah - to set up every life aspect with Khilafah "Caliphate" Islamiyah institution as what has been explained in various fiqh Islam studies.

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by

Iffah Ainur Rochmah

Spokesperson of Muslimah Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia