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In Harm’s Way: Conclusions in Brief
As this report demonstrates, when access to safe and legal abortion is limited, women resort to unsafe abortion, with devastating consequences for their health, lives, and families. This report documents these consequences in Kenya, highlighting [...]
In Harm’s Way: The Impact of Kenya’s Restrictive Abortion Law
Recommendations to the Government of Kenya / to the Executive Branch Publicly acknowledge the importance of reducing unsafe abortion in order to meet Kenya’s obligations under the Millennium Development Goals, particularly the goal to reduce [...]
In Harm’s Way: Grace’s Story
In Harm's Way: The Impact of Kenya's Restrictive Abortion Law Grace's Story: Trapped by Poverty Grace was twelve when a stranger raped her in her rural village and left her pregnant. She gave birth to [...]
In Harm’s Way: Rosemary’s Story
In Harm’s Way: The Impact of Kenya’s Restrictive Abortion Law Rosemary's Story: Living with Stigma Rosemary, a young woman, was brutally raped and then genitally mutilated by two men in Nairobi. In addition to leaving [...]
In Harm’s Way: Executive Summary
"I have seen so much misery at the Kenyatta National Hospital . . . where women with abortion-related problems have died and others lost uteruses. There is no doubt the existing laws are colonial and [...]
Facts on Abortion in the Philippines: Criminalization and a General Ban on Abortion
The Center for Reproductive Rights works nationally and internationally to expand access to reproductive healthcare for women around the world. We have conducted years of investigative research into the status of reproductive rights in the [...]
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