Women face agonising barriers to accessing quality healthcare, consultation
Muhammad Shahzad
February 26, 2021
LAHORE: The recent incidents of deaths of women during abortion in Lahore need to be looked beyond the moral implications.
These women lost their lives not because of the suspicions over their character or their relations but due to the absence of the needed healthcare facilities.
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The cost of morality: how Nigeria’s own anti-abortion stance is killing women at an alarming rate
The passing of Alabama’s anti-abortion bill has caused shock-waves around the world but if we look a little closer to home, we would see that we are dealing with our very own violation of human and women’s rights which has already cost many lives.
Ntianu Obiora
May 23, 2019
The issue surrounding abortion rights in Nigeria is a highly sensitive one. Wrapped in layers of anti-women sentiment, religious ideals and buttressed by lack of adequate healthcare.
Abortion in Nigeria is governed by two laws that differ depending on geographical location
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