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Kenya: Over 400,000 Abortions in Kenya Last Year - Survey
Capital FM, 21 August 2013
A new survey released on Wednesday shows that there were 464,690 abortions procured in Kenya last year. Read more »
Women wait outside Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
According one of the only studies available on the subject, some 300,000 Kenyan women and girls procure abortions each year - 20,000 of which lead to hospitalization as a result of ... Read more »
Although termination of pregnancy is legal in most African countries, women continue to go for illegal "backstreet" abortions, which are unsafe. Read more »
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