DAVID MAFABI
August 17, 2022
MBALE – When Ms Agatha Negesa [Not her real name] got married, she had her family life planned out well, this is because she did not want to produce too early, too soon, too often, and too late.
She had a plan and target of having three children but also remaining at her workplace stable by the age of 35. Everything went well according to her plan by the time she gave birth to her third born in February 2017.
Abortion in marriages is rising up
DAVID MAFABI | PML Daily Senior Staff Writer
March 26, 2020
MBALE – When Ms Sarah Nambozo got married, she had her family life planned out well. This is because she did not want to produce too early, too soon, too often and too late.
Her plan and target was to have three children and remain at her workplace stable by the age of 35. And everything had gone according to the plan by the time she gave birth to her third born in February 2017.
continued: https://www.pmldaily.com/features/2020/03/abortion-in-marriages-is-rising-up.html
Gynaecologists call for safe abortion as part of essential health package for women
By DAVID MAFABI | PML Daily Senior Staff Writer
Posted on October 3, 2019
KAMPALA – “When the doctor told me that we needed to discuss the results of my pregnancy test, I already knew I was pregnant; because I was just recovering from rape,”
Oliver tested for pregnancy and the result was positive. It was hard for her to accept the news, since she saw this as an end to her dream of becoming a teacher.
When rural women seek crude abortions to end unwanted pregnancies
By DAVID MAFABI | PML Daily Senior Staff Writer
Posted on March 2, 2019
MBALE – Hanna Namutosi, 19, was raped by a mentally ill man while walking alone in a bushy village path in Bududa district.
And when she missed her first period, she thought nothing of it. Her periods had always been irregular. But after some time, she started vomiting in the morning and got nauseous whenever she the smelt eggs or mandazi or anything being fried.
Allow girls to access to voluntary safe abortion to save lives
By DAVID MAFABI/PML Daily Reporter
Posted on May 27, 2018
SIRONKO: Jane Nakumiza, 17, lives in Nabidoko village in Sironko district and takes care of her nephew. Her mother died almost seven years ago following complications from a botched abortion.
She had reportedly become pregnant in a terrible gang rape during the ‘Kadodi’ dancing procession at night.
“She told us that she saw five men rape her and then she lost consciousness. She was just quiet most of the time after the rape; she didn’t want the baby and tried to abort two times, “says Nakumiza.
Continued: http://www.pmldaily.com/features/health/2018/05/87520483.html
‘More Ugandan women aged 40 and above seek abortion services’
Wednesday March 7 2018
By ANTHONY WESAKA
KAMPALA. Women above 40 years are increasingly accessing abortion services in the country, a senior gynaecologist attached to Mulago national referral hospital has revealed.
Dr Charles Kiggundu explained that this trend has taken the medical world by surprise since it’s usually abortions among teenagers that are common.
Africa: When Restriction On Abortion Turns a Human Rights Issue
Jan 17, 2017, The Monitor
By Lilian Namagembe
When we meet Asyiah Nagudi, at her a single roomed rented house in Mukono District, tears flow down her cheeks as she recounts the economic hardships she has gone through in the past one year.
Nagudi says her husband abandoned her in 2015 on learning that she was pregnant with their second child.
"I cannot afford two meals a day for my two children," she says.
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Source, AllAfrica.com: http://allafrica.com/stories/201701170034.html
29 July 2016
By Flavia Nassaka
From January to May, the police recorded 325 cases related to abortion yet last year 1800 cases were recorded. In 2014, 1600 cases were recorded. These statistics were revealed by Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga during the launch of a report dubbed, 'Facing Uganda's Law on Abortion' in Kampala on July 28. Launched by health Civil Society Organizations - Center for Health Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) and the Center for Reproductive Rights, the report is a compilation of experiences of women and health service providers when they were faced with the challenge of abortion.
He said despite laws' criminalizing it, abortion remains a grim reality with most of the scenarios arising from bitter relationships.
"These are just a few that are reported. These people rarely come to police except when there is a death or major injury involved," he said adding that even those that go to police, after investigations only a few cases proceed to court.
Ministry of Health statistics indicate that 343 per 100,000 women who go to give birth die in the process. 26% of these are due to unsafe abortion. According to Dr. Charles Kiggundu, a Consultant Obstetrician Gynecologist at Mulago national referral hospital, 10,000 abortions are handled every year at the hospital where women who have terminated pregnancies are assessed and treated. He said the biggest barrier to accessing abortion is access to the service itself. "Some hospitals don't have the facilities, others the training and others the staff. Others may have all that in place but require a woman to fill in a police form before they can access the service. No woman will agree to sign it."
Prof. Anthony Mbonye, Ag. Director General of Health Services at the Ministry of Health said to tackle unnecessary deaths arising out of terminating pregnancies, he had proposed to introduce Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) a safe medical procedure where a woman can end a pregnancy up to 12 weeks into it while still in the reproductive health department but this never came to pass. He recommends that women who get pregnant as a result of rape, violence or incest should be allowed to terminate it.
Without a law on abortion in place however, Mbonye said focus should be put on prevention now that women can access free contraceptives at government hospitals and cheaply in private facilities. Currently access stands at 30%. Still about 850,000 women get unwanted pregnancies every year.
Source: AllAfrica
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