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Most women in Africa live in countries with restrictive laws. Most countries in Africa are parties to the African Union's Maputo Protocol, the only international treaty that defines a right to abortion. Sub-Saharan Africa is the world region with the highest rates of unsafe abortions and abortion mortality. Most abortions in the region are unsafe.
Ethiopia is the second most populated country in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). A central issue concerning the safety of its population is the access to health care including abortion services. Historically, access to abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa has created controversy amongst some members of the public and its healthcare professionals, due to ...
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Combined green: Definition of "sub-Saharan Africa" as used in the statistics of United Nations institutions Lighter green: The Sudan, classified as a part of North Africa by the United Nations Statistics Division [2] instead of Eastern Africa, though the organization states that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any ...
But the free service funded by the U.S. government, the world’s largest health donor, might soon be unavailable. ... In South Africa, where abortion is mostly legal, some NGOs, especially those ...
The Guttmacher Institute estimates that, over the time range of 2015 to 2019, 77% of abortions in Sub-Saharan Africa are unsafe, with a fatality rate of 185 deaths per 100,000 abortions, making it the unsafest region for abortions. [85] In Uganda, abortion is illegal except to save the mother's life. However, 78% of teenagers report knowing ...
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Articles 262 and 263 of the penal code of Guinea prohibit abortion without a legal defense. The sentence for an illegal abortion is one to two years of prison and a fine of 500,000 to 5 million Guinean francs for first-time offenders. Repeat offenders may face 2 to 5 years in prison or a fine of 10 million francs. [1]