Thousands of women lose their lives every year in Kenya to botched backstreet abortions. Rising cases are now colliding with legal uncertainty as courts redefine reproductive rights protections.
By Moraa Obiria
Saturday, May 02, 2026
What you need to know:
A landmark abortion case in Kenya now raises new fears over prosecution and access to care.
Court ruling shifts legal burden to women and providers navigating restrictive abortion laws in Kenya.
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
By Moraa Obiria, The Nation
What you need to know:
The country in Central America has laws tormenting women and girls with the harshest abortion laws under the sun.
Should a woman abort, regardless of circumstances, the law sends them to jail for between two to eight years.
A 19-year-old woman who miscarried after a rape ordeal was charged with aggravated homicide-intentional and premeditated killing of another person - and jailed for 30 years.
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