The Family Planning Association of T&T (FPATT) is calling on the government to revisit its position on abortion.
A statement from FPATT says women must be able to access safe abortion services, especially those who may have been diagnosed with the Zika virus and wish to have an abortion because of microcephaly.
The release said research has shown that unsafe abortions continue to be a major public health problem for many women in the country. While the law was inherited from the UK, it has been changed in the United Kingdom and revised in many commonwealth countries including Barbados, Guyana and St Lucia.
FPATT is calling on the Ministry of Health to engage with them as well as other professional health association on the issue.