They jammed the streets of Istanbul, thousands of women holding signs with a message for the government ---- 'my body, my choice.'<br/> <br />The protest is in response to a new law championed by Prime Minister Tayip Erdogan that will shorten the time period for a woman have an abortion from ten to four weeks.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Protester, Busra Alpaslan saying:<br/> <br />"We are here today because we are against this law that's forbidding abortion because the abortion is woman's right and this is not about abortion being a bad thing or anything, it's about (how the) government wants women to be only wives and mothers and we are against it."<br/> <br />Many in this crowd say they're furious about Erdogan's recent comments. Last week he characterized abortion and caesarean births as secret plots to stall Turkey's economic growth.<br/> <br />While details of the bill are still being worked on --- these demonstrators say Erdogan, a religious and social conservative who has pushed for each woman to have at least three children, has overstepped his bounds.<br/> <br />Deborah Gembara, Reuters
