Medical experts were joined Friday by jurists, religious leaders and politicians in a first major bid to discuss what to do about clandestine abortions and unwanted pregnancies in Morocco.

“Medical experts, religious figures, jurists and politicians of all sorts are participating,” said Chakif Chraibi, a professor of obstetric gynaecology and president of the Moroccan Association to Combat Clandestine Abortion (AMLAC), said on the sidelines of the two-day congress.