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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...
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Kenya’s stringent laws limit access to safe abortions
By VOA,
1102, February 8, 2019 (EAT)
Kenyan health officials say unsafe abortions are common in the east African nation with nearly half a million in one recent year. Abortion is prohi...
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Ban on Marie Stopes post-abortion services lifted
By Citizen Reporter,
1710, December 20, 2018 (EAT)
A ban on post abortion services offered at Marie Stopes clinics across the country has been lifted. A statement from Prof. George Magoha, Chairman ...
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State sued over decision to ban Marie Stopes abortion services
By Dzuya Walter,
1627, December 1, 2018 (EAT)
A non-governmental organization has sued the State over a decision to ban Marie Stopes from offering abortion services. Network For Adolescents and...
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Marie Stopes clinics still open, says director
By Citizen Reporter,
1826, November 25, 2018 (EAT)
Marie Stopes has suspended abortion services as ordered by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB). In a statement issued on Su...
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Kenya’s medical board suspends Marie Stopes abortion services
By Citizen Reporter,
853, November 20, 2018 (EAT)
Marie Stopes has been banned from conducting abortion services in Kenya. The move came after the international NGO, that also provides contraceptio...
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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...
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Abortions on the rise in Kenya as Trump cuts Marie Stopes funding
By CNN,
1009, May 25, 2018 (EAT)
Health workers in Kenya have revealed that the number of backstreet abortions have increased since the United States cut aid to family planning progra...
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Marie Stopes in trouble as U.S. stops funding
By Reuters,
1228, May 23, 2018 (EAT)
Marie Stopes which offers free contraception, advice on family planning, sexual health and sometimes abortion, may have to stop some of its Africa ope...
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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...
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After Ebola, Sierra Leone women warned about Zika
By Agencies,
650, February 12, 2016 (EAT)
Sierra Leone's last known Ebola case was released from the hospital this week, but authorities have yet to locate about 40 contacts who may be carryin...
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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 ...
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Women Sue Healthcare Providers Over ‘Sterilization’
By Citizen,
1344, December 10, 2014 (EAT)
The five together with two lobby groups are unhappy over the move by the healthcare providers to force them to be sterilized saying it contravenes the...
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