The Guardian: Abortion laws kill Kenyan schoolgirls
Sarah Boseley’s Global Health Blog
“A truly shocking report crosses my desk. It tells of the death toll and injuries in Kenya from unsafe abortion. It talks of schoolgirls of 13 and 14 who sell themselves for sex to support their families or are raped, who become pregnant and then die from bleeding or infections after an illegal backstreet abortion — which they seek because they don’t want to be thrown out of school.” “The report, In Harm’s Way: the impact of Kenya’s restrictive abortion law, comes from the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights. Kenya’s law has not stopped women having abortions, it says — it has only made them more dangerous. There are conditions under which abortion can be legal, but the report describes ‘a maze of misinformation as well as personal, financial, and bureaucratic barriers, due to the stigma, lack of legal clarity, and prohibitive costs surrounding the procedure.'”
