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Kenya: Rights Groups Petition Sonko Against 'Misleading' Anti-Abortion Billboards
Nairobi News, 24 April 2019
Civil Rights groups in Nairobi on Wednesday petitioned Governor Mike Sonko against what they said were misleading anti-abortion billboards that are erected in different parts of… Read more »
Kenyan Rights Group Asks Govt to Support Abortion Service Seekers
A coalition of civil society organisations has particularly taken an issue with billboards erected in parts of Nairobi that portray abortion as murder and argue such blanket condemnation may lead to violation of women's reproductive health rights. In Kenya abortion is prohibited unless, in the opinion of a trained health professional, there is need for emergency treatment, or the mother's life is in danger.
12 Civil Society Organisations presenting a signed petition to Nairobi Governor, Mike Sonko, at his County Hall office.
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