Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gulu district health department is battling with unsafe abortions due to persistent increase in teenage pregnancies. Statistics from the Gulu district and City health departments indicate that a total of 474 cases of unsafe abortions among teenage girls were registered between 2020 and 2021. …
Read More »Kalungu district struggling with unsafe abortions
Kalungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kalungu district health department is battling with unsafe abortions due to a persistent increase in teenage pregnancies. Dr Daniel Ssentamu, the Kalungu District Health Officer says that their Reproductive Healthcare status report indicates that pregnancies by underage girls below 19 years are contributing an …
Read More »African states, donors launch initiative to boost access to contraceptives
SEMA initiative will ensure reproductive health products are available to women and girls in an equitable, cheaper and efficient manner Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Three African countries including Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Uganda on Monday joined hands with international donors to launch an initiative aimed at improving access to reproductive …
Read More »Gulu district registers more than 4,000 abortion cases in fifteen months
Women rush to the hospital in critical condition, some with dead fetuses but nobody will admit to abortion Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu District Health Department is battling the rise in abortions. A high number of women are turning up at health facilities in the district for post-abortion care. At …
Read More »Buying pills online for an at-home abortion: a lockdown reality
Washington, United States | AFP | One week after Sally realized she was pregnant, her home state Texas temporarily banned abortions, deeming them unnecessary elective procedures that were suspended because of the coronavirus crisis. So, the 34-year-old, whose name has been changed for this story to protect her privacy, took matters …
Read More »Women abandon crude methods for drugs to procure unsafe abortion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women are increasingly using medical drugs to procure abortions. But even then a sizeable number is using the medication inaccurately. Medical doctors have said. Charles Kiggundu a consultant gynecologist at Kawempe National Referral hospital says that unlike before where women would use herbal concoctions and …
Read More »With eye on 2020, Trump seizes on abortion issue
Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump is proposing a congressional ban on late-term abortions as he seeks to expand his conservative support ahead of the 2020 election. In a State of the Union speech that had been billed as promoting unity, Trump seized upon one of the most …
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