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Maternity Benefit
The Fourth National
Economic and Social Development Plan |
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1977-1981 Source: Office of the Prime Minister, National Economic and Social Development Board, Bangkok, Thailand Subject: maternity benefits, abortion, sterilization, subsidies
Text: (2) Official regulations relating to subsidies for meeting expenses in raising children, for medical treatment and for educational purposes, as well as the allowance for maternal leave which are granted to civil servants and personnel of state enterprises should be revised and made consistent with family planning objectives. At present, these subsidies and benefits are given to all children of civil servants and staff of state enterprises with no limitation on the number of children. In future, these subsidies and benefits should only be available for the first four children of each civil servant or staff member of state enterprises. These new regulations, however, should not be applied to those who already have more than four children. (3) The Law stipulating that sterilization treatment be given only to women who have given birth to at least four children should be revised. The desire for sterilization treatment should be left to the discretion of the applicants and should not be judged by the authorities concerned on the basis of the number of children. (4) At present there are a number of abortion clinics rendering services to pregnant women who do not wish to have children. Some clinics do not provide adequate medical treatment and endanger the lives of those undergoing this treatment. Due to this malpractice, there are many who have to be hospitalized after receiving this treatment. This puts an additional strain on the medical services provided by the Government and thorough research on the positive and negative effects of these abortion practices should be carried out. Regulation 305 of the Criminal Code of Law relating to abortion which stipulates that doctors can only provide abortion treatment to preserve a woman’s health or social position (when a woman is pregnant after being raped), should be revised so that abortion can legally be performed for a number of other valid reasons. This would help to limit the number of illegal abortions and related strains on medical services provided by the Government.
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