Study the Abortion Law and Women’s Right under Thai Law

Abstract

This research is aimed to study about the legal concept and theory which relating to women’s right and the abortion both in Thailand and other countries. Also, to study in comparative with Thailand and international laws to see the problems regarding the women’s right and abortion which occurred in Thailand presently and to propose the resolutions for these problems and to propose how to revise the Thai law. From the study found that the problems which occurred to Thai women currently are from the teenagers and working women. The factors are mostly from the economic and social problems. For the health problems both in physical and mind are in the second factors. In the other, there is the problem with the infant which might be incomplete or disable when he will born which can lead to many problems to the pregnant women for example the economic problems which needs to have more money for the expenses of their children until they grow up. For the mindful of women, to see how suffer of their children etc. These are the main reasons for these problems. The existing Penal Code specifies only 2 conditions that allow the women to do abortion which still not cover the real problems that leads to abortion at all. These problems are led to the physical damages and mindful of them as well as breaching of women’s right due to the government does not resolve the problems or finding the best solutions to help the women in the necessary conditions. Therefore, the Penal Code regarding the abortion should be revised to be in accordance with the current situation.