BANGKOK – If mother of two Sandar Myat Min chooses to have another child, Myanmar’s government could decide when she can become pregnant.
A law enacted last month by the quasi-civilian government allows officials in the Buddhist-majority nation to order women to wait three years between births. Rights groups say the changes, which are backed by ultra-nationalist Buddhist groups, target Muslim women.
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