Officials have launched an inquiry after a human fetus was found inside a bathroom at the Philippines presidential palace in Manila, officials said Thursday.
A cleaner discovered the fetus wrapped in a plastic bag, said Brigadier General Romeo Prestoza, head of President Gloria Arroyo's security force.
He told reporters police were trying to identify the mother and determine whether the fetus was aborted intentionally or accidentally.
Arroyo spokesman Ignacio Bunye noted abortion is a crime in the Philippines, one of few Roman Catholic countries where both abortion and divorce are against the law.
"We pray for the soul of this innocent child and hope that whoever was responsible for this, realises the gravity of this deed and seek atonement," Bunye said in a statement.
The Arroyo government considers "every human life sacred," he added.
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