Activists Press Kenyan Govt For Safe Abortion Guidelines

Petitioners are faulting the ministry of health for withdrawing standard guidelines on safe abortions and barring health workers from accessing medical information through trainings, develop skills in life saving, abortion care and to provide patients with accurate information. They argue that affected women are forced to seek abortion care from quacks and face serious risks of damage to their health and others lead to death.

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