Thursday, December 11, 2025
By Moses Paul Odongo

Recently, while perusing the Daily Monitor of November 18, 2025, I came across an article on page 25 written by Olivier Mukaaya, titled “Abortion crisis as girls turn to unsafe practices.”

As I read it carefully, word for word, I found myself tearing up as I reflected on what the 19-year-old girl in the story went through. She had already endured the trauma of sexual assault. When she later discovered she was pregnant, fear, shame and the weight of that experience overwhelmed her.

Continued: https://nilepost.co.ug/opinions/309754/our-constitution-leaves-girls-unprotected-the-results-are-fatal