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Carol Mwatha: Botched abortion spotlights ‘killer’ backstreet clinics
By Reuters, 1059, February 16, 2019 (EAT)
The death of Caroline Mwatha, a Kenyan activist, due a botched abortion spotlights how thousands of pregnant women and girls are being driven by socia...

abortion , Caroline Mwatha
Charity denies promoting teen abortions after Kenya bans radio ad
By Reuters, 1910, September 18, 2018 (EAT)
International charity Marie Stopes on Monday denied promoting abortions to teenage girls in Kenya after the government banned a radio advertisement, s...

KFCB , Marie Stopes Charity , Teen Abortions , Unsafe Abortions
After rape, pregnancy, Senegal’s “pink house” helps women rebuild lives
By Reuters, 2208, March 9, 2017 (EAT)
When Binta found out she was pregnant, she knew she would have to leave her home in southern Senegal. Pregnancy outside of marriage is taboo in the...

human violence , rape
Sierra Leone legalizes abortion
By Maureen Murimi, 1733, December 11, 2015 (EAT)
Women with unwanted pregnancies in Sierra Leone will no longer have to undergo unsafe abortions after parliament passed a law which activists said on ...

abortion , Sierra Leone