12 February 2026
FIGO - Reyes Castellano, Senior Communications and Engagement Manager

For years in Benin, unsafe abortion was a silent killer. Every year, nearly 500 women and girls died – not from rare diseases or unavoidable complications, but from clandestine unsafe procedures carried out in secrecy and fear. Lives lost quietly, often unnamed.

Dr Emmanuel Ewagnignon, President of the National College of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians of Benin (CNGOB) saw the consequences firsthand.

Continued: https://www.figo.org/news/facing-reality-unsafe-abortions-head