On Thursday, the Tunisia prosecutor’s office opened an investigation to uncover the circumstances of the discovery of the bodies of 5 unborn fetuses buried on the roof of a private medical clinic in the northern province of Bizerte.
This move came, in interaction with a shocking video clip circulated on social media, which showed 5 scattered bodies of incomplete fetuses, which were discovered buried inside pots intended for planting ornamental plants, on the roof of a private doctor’s office.
In detail, riots broke out between fans and police after the end of the match between the Tunisian Esperance Sportive Club and Club Bizerte, after which one of the groups went up on the roof of a building and threw pots at the security forces. which were found above a private medical clinic, which led to its rupture and dispersal of 5 bodies. Incomplete fetuses were buried inside, so everyone was surprised by this scene.
Police, who have arrested the doctor who owns the clinic and are still investigating the merits of this case, have suggested that the source of these fetuses was the result of illegal abortions within the doctor’s office.
Tunisian law does not prevent a woman from having an abortion and allows abortion of the fetus, provided that the pregnancy does not exceed 3 months, and is authorized after 3 months if there is concern that the continuation of the pregnancy will cause the mother’s health to collapse and , in both cases, the pregnancy must be terminated in a hospital or sanatorium authorized by a doctor legally practicing his profession.
Apart from these two cases, the law provides that “for the crime of abortion the woman is punished in all circumstances, whether she uses a home vehicle for abortion, or goes to an equipped center, with imprisonment for two years and with the fine of 650 the parents, relatives, the doctor who performed the operation or the pharmacist who sold the abortion medicine, and the penalty is increased up to 10 years for those who help abortion and have the medical authority to perform the abortion or administer drugs that help with it. “
The official agency quoted the official spokesperson of the Bizerte Court of First Instance, confirming that numerous examinations were carried out and that the five embryos were transferred to the hospital in the region and presented to the coroner for the autopsy, with permission to keep the doctor of the medical clinic from which the embryos were discovered not far away.
In addition, the Tunisian Syndicate of Doctors demanded that the corpses of fetuses be mummified and returned for years, noting that “the doctor who decided to quit is an old man and is 80 years old, and is a general practitioner and not a specialist. in obstetrics and gynecology ”, according to the statement of its chancellor general.
