“There is no difference between killing a baby in its mother's stomach and killing a baby after birth.”

—  Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

As quoted in "Turkey PM Erdogan sparks row over abortion" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18297760, BBC (June 1, 2012)

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