PAK and Salim Mohammed v. Attorney General and Three Others (Malindi High Court Petition Number E009 of 2020)
In this landmark case, the Kenyan High Court affirmed abortion as a fundamental right under the 2010 Constitution.
In this landmark case, the Kenyan High Court affirmed abortion as a fundamental right under the 2010 Constitution.
In Nigeria, millions of women have been harmed by the decades-long Boko Haram insurgency. They have lost their homes, loved ones, and suffered layers of abuse, violence, and trauma from this ongoing conflict, which first began in 2009. In a new publication, Accounting for Resiliency and Abuse in Nigeria, the Center for Reproductive Rights details the […]
This research documents the experiences of Tanzanian women and girls with unsafe abortion, including the role of the restrictive legal and policy framework in driving the high levels of unsafe abortion and limiting access to post-abortion care. It further highlights the government’s failure to ensure access to the necessary reproductive health information and services that […]
Each year in Kenya, more than 2,500 women and girls die from unsafe abortions—despite the fact that the government legalized abortion under specific circumstances a decade ago in its Constitution. Currently, unsafe abortions are a leading cause of maternal mortality, especially among low-income women. Today, on the 10th anniversary of the Kenyan Constitution, the Center […]
This report outlines recommendations for effective implementation of Article 26(4) of the Kenyan constitution, including services for access to safe abortion care.
The publication highlights ineffective implementation of Article 26(4) of the Constitution, inadequate application of the provision in adjudicating abortion cases, and entrenchment of abortion stigma in criminal justice system The number of women and girls from poor and marginalized communities seeking unsafe abortion services from quacks is on the rise, according to a report released […]