Uganda – Allow girls to access to voluntary safe abortion to save lives

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.

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