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A growing population, limited access to contraception, limited availability in different contraceptive methods, perceived or actual cultural stigma and religious judgement, poor quality of sexual and reproductive healthcare, and gender-based barriers, each contribute to the high "unmet need" for contraception in Africa. [8]
Abortion in Kenya is regulated by Article 26(4) of the Constitution of Kenya (2010), which states that: . Abortion is not permitted unless, in the opinion of a trained health professional, there is need for emergency treatment, or the life or health of the mother is in danger, or if permitted by any other written law.
South Africa decriminalised abortion in 1996 through a political coalition. The African National Congress noted that unsafe abortion had a disproportionate impact on Black South Africans . [ 1 ] Between 1996 and 2003, Burkina Faso , Mali , Guinea , Niger , Chad , and Benin revised their strict abortion bans from the Napoleonic Code to allow ...
Reproductive Justice is the complete physical, mental, spiritual, political, economic, and social well-being of women and girls, and will be achieved when women and girls have the economic, social, and political power and resources to make healthy decisions about our bodies, sexuality, and reproduction for ourselves, our families, and our ...
The total fertility rate from 1995 to 2000 was 7.1, and the age specific fertility rate per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 from 1995 to 2000 was 180. [18] As of 2018, Uganda's total fertility rate stands at 5.5 children born per 1,000 women. [18] However, the demand for modern contraception—especially emergency contraception—is still unmet. [19]
The Right to Contraception Act, which would protect birth control access nationwide, got 51 votes in support and 39 against, but fell short of the chamber's 60-vote threshold for advancing to a ...
GOP lawmakers insist they're not coming for contraception or marriage rights — yet the vast majority of them have voted against codifying them into law All But 10 House Republicans Voted Against ...
Another family of arguments relates to bodily rights—the question of whether the woman's bodily rights justify abortion even if the embryo has a right to life. A negative answer would support claim the (2) claim in the central anti-abortion argument, while an affirmative answer would support the (2) claim in the central abortion-rights argument.