Kenya – Mother at 14: The urgent need for contraceptive knowledge to curb teen pregnancies, unsafe abortions

Thursday, July 03, 2025
By Mishi Gongo

When 13-year-old Santa* from Maweni in Mombasa discovered she was pregnant, her world froze. Her first thought wasn’t about motherhood—it was shame.

She says she had failed to protect herself simply because she did not know she could. "I didn’t know where to go. I was afraid to ask," she recalls.

Misinformed about contraception, she took the emergency morning-after pill before being sexually active, believing it would protect her. By the time her stomach began to swell, it was too late.

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Trump 2.0 instills fear in African abortion activists

Nita Bhalla
Jan 27, 2025

NAIROBI - African health activists fear a new crackdown on abortion across Africa after President Donald Trump reinstated an anti-abortion pact that cuts off U.S. funds to foreign charities that provide or promote abortions.

When Trump signed the Mexico City Policy, or "global gag rule", during his first term some African charities were forced to close, denying women safe abortions. It also emboldened local opposition to women's reproductive choice.

Continued: https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/trump-20-instills-fear-in-african-abortion-activists

Kenyan campaigners call for more investments in safe motherhood to curb deaths

Kenyan campaigners call for more investments in safe motherhood to curb deaths

2019-11-09
Editor: Lu Hui

NAIROBI, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Kenya should increase budgetary allocation towards reproductive health for women and girls in order to reduce fatalities linked to unsafe abortion and unattended births, campaigners have said.

The campaigners who spoke at a forum in Nairobi on Friday said that robust financing combined with policy reforms and community-led advocacy is key to advance the sexual and reproductive health of women in the childbearing age bracket.

Continued: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/09/c_138542299.htm