A Reuters special report disclosed that since at least 2013, the military programme had ended over 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls in Nigeria’s northeastern region.
December 12, 2022
Murtala Abdullahi
An investigation exposing a “secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme” in Northeast Nigeria run by the military, has prompted calls for investigation from international partners and pushback from the military. No official investigation into the report’s findings has yet been announced.
The report by the news agency Reuters published on Dec. 7 is based on dozens of witness accounts and documents. It stated that since at least 2013, the programme had ended over 10,000 pregnancies. Women and girls had died as a result of the termination procedures, the report said.
Continued: https://humanglemedia.com/nigeria-yet-to-announce-investigations-into-military-abortion-programme/
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