Why did she die?

Updated 03 Nov, 2021
By Neha Khan & Sadia Wali

Sakina has two daughters and two sons aged 7, 5, 3 respectively and the youngest is three months old and nursing. Sakina suddenly learns she is pregnant, as she did not use any method of family planning.

Sakina’s family is financially weak; her husband is the sole earner as a daily wage laborer and their circumstances do not allow them to have another child. Everyone Sakina consults tells her to continue with this pregnancy and use family planning methods for the future.

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Pakistan: Resorting to unsafe abortions for family planning

by Asma Kundi
September 25, 2016

A mother of three and just 24 years old, Parveen died a few months ago after using the services of a local, unskilled birth attendant for aborting what would have been her fourth baby.

A resident of Bhara Kahu, Parveen, wanted to abort the foetus for financial reasons and did not tell her mother about her plans, as she knew her mother would not approve of an abortion. After the abortion, Parveen had started bleeding heavily and was taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), where she died.

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Source: Dawn.com