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African MPs want laws on abortion harmonised

African MPs want laws on abortion harmonised

By Vision Reporter
Added 19th October 2017

African countries should safeguard reproductive health rights of women by permitting abortion in cases of sexual assault or where pregnancy poses a risk to the physical or mental health of a woman.

Legislators from the Pan African Parliament (PAP) are calling upon African countries that are signatories to the Maputo Protocol to comply.

A statement from Ugandan Parliament said they also urged States to decriminalise abortion by reforming their laws.

Continued at source: https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1463993/african-mps-laws-abortion-harmonised

19.10.2017
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Strengthening safe, legal abortions in Africa

Strengthening safe, legal abortions in Africa
Oct 18, 2017

Six million cases of unsafe abortion occur in Africa annually, leading to the deaths of 29 000 women each year.

As tens of thousands of African women continue to die from unsafe abortion, the Pan African Parliament (PAP) wants to strengthen the legal and policy frameworks for safe, legal abortions in Africa.

This issue, and a report on the subject, were introduced at PAP’s Fifth Ordinary Session which concludes on Wednesday, at the Gallagher Conference Centre in Midrand.

Continued at source: https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/1693953/strengthening-safe-legal-abortions-in-africa/

18.10.2017
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