Sierra Leone could become the second country in West Africa to decriminalize abortion, which health workers say would ...
In an extraordinary achievement that has sent shockwaves across the globe, Sierra Leone’s Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura has been ...
Women’s reproductive rights are up to be widely expanded in Sierra Leone as lawmakers debate the Safe Motherhood Bill, which ...
Advertising But Sierra Leone since then has been torn apart by debate. Following opposition from religious leaders, the bill has been amended and now limits abortion to cases of life-threatening ...
Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone. Fearing judgment from her family, she took friends' advice and bought misoprostol, a drug whose uses include abortion, from a local pharmacy. It didn't work.
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — When she got pregnant at 16, Fatou Esther Jusu was terrified that it would derail her future. Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone. Fearing judgment from her family ...