Zimbabwe: MPs Clash On Abortion Law

[The Herald] Some members of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health and Child Care are pushing for legislation to legalise abortion, amid revelations that 16 percent of maternal deaths are due to unsafe abortions, half of which occur among adolescents. According to the 2016 national adolescent fertility study, nine percent of adolescents between 10 and 19 years have fallen pregnant before, the majority of whom were girls from rural areas.
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - Category: OBGYN Source Type: news