Why anti-abortion agenda is gaining momentum in Africa as draft calling for rejection of sexual and reproductive health rights is finalised
Last year, anti-abortion Christian groups from the US, Europe and Africa and high-ranking Kenyan officials gathered in Nairobi for a conference on “Promoting and Protecting Family Values in Challenging Times.”
How US movement that ‘exports family values’ to Africa indirectly gives rise to illicit and unsafe abortion on the continent
The expanded restrictions build on the anti-abortion advocacy work carried out by conservative US non-profits abroad – especially in Africa, where healthcare is highly dependent on foreign aid. The region has the world’s highest estimated proportion of unsafe abortions and highest maternal mortality rates – including the highest number of maternal deaths per 100,000 abortions.
Some 21,000 Kenyan women hospitalised with unsafe abortion complications, 2,600 die per year
The deputy governor said there was need to strengthen data systems and accountability to ensure the policies are evidence driven and resources reach the people who need them. Mulili also disclosed that Makueni County government has established Mother and Child Hospital where on average 20 mothers deliver safely daily saying the facility has an incubation unit for pre-term babies.
