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  2. Abortion in Africa - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Abortion in Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Abortion in South Sudan - Wikipedia

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  5. Health advocates in Africa worry Trump will reimpose abortion ...

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    The gag-rule policy “leads to more unintended, unwanted, unsupportable pregnancies and therefore an increase in abortion,” said Catriona Macleod, a professor of psychology at South Africa’s ...

  6. Sexual and reproductive health - Wikipedia

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    Other common sexually transmitted infections in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa ranks first in STI yearly incidence compared to other world regions, reiterating the major problem that public health is in African countries. [112] In Sub-Saharan Africa, STIs are the most common reasons that individuals seek medical care.

  7. Abortion in Benin - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Abortion in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Because the delay in seeking care following safe or unsafe abortion is a cause for higher complications post abortion, there have been pushes to establish more access to family planning and post abortion care in Kenya. [16] Post abortion care tends to refer to emergency medical treatment, but also incorporates family planning for the patient. [13]

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