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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 ...
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 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Abortion in South Sudan is a criminal offense unless done in good faith for the purpose of saving the life ...
In 2003, the National Assembly legalised abortion in the cases of threat to the mother's health, pregnancy from rape or incest, or risk of birth defects. Benin is one of the only countries in Africa to legalise abortion. Many public health officials support legal abortion and cite the country's maternal mortality rate. Many religious leaders ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Abortion in Africa" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 ...
Some lawyers say a woman can be imprisoned for receiving a non-therapeutic abortion even in the case of rape. Others believe that the ethical risks of pregnancy from rape are a ground for abortion under the penal code. [1] One legal interpretation says that the law does not penalize a woman who receives an abortion, but only the provider. [5]
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.