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The cost of safe abortion care in Rwanda: What new evidence reveals
A recent study by Health Development Initiative (HDI) Rwanda, in partnership with the Guttmacher Institute, has revealed that the financial burden (…)
Voices for Choice: How VIAC Transformed SRHR in Cameroon
Vision in Action Cameroon (VIAC) began in 2007 as a small community initiative led by a young person who had been trained as a peer educator (…)
Recent News on Abortion in Africa
Legal Reform
She was denied a legal abortion and sent to prison over an illegal one. Now she tells her story
A young woman in Zambia was sent to a maximum-security prison after she was denied a legal abortion and ended her pregnancy on her own
Research
Stalled Sierra Leone Abortion Bill Leaves Women Few Options | World Of Africa
Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone unless the mother's life is at risk, pushing many women to drastic and dangerous lengths to terminate a pregnancy. A bill to decriminalise abortion
Policy
Ipas research shows hidden barriers to abortion access for adolescents in Africa
When a 19-year-old in Ethiopia found herself pregnant, she made a chilling calculation.