The Director in the Ministry of Justice and Coordinator of the Oyo State Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Response Team, Dupe Awosemusi, has raised the alarm that Nigeria’s restrictive abortion laws are not stopping abortions but instead driving them into unsafe and clandestine spaces, putting the lives of women and girls at grave risk.
She noted that the country’s law, which permits abortion only to save a woman’s life, has forced many women to seek services from untrained providers, chemists, traditional practitioners, or resort to self-induced methods using drugs, leading to severe health complications and preventable deaths.
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Nigeria has progressive policies but restrictive laws — Dupe Awosemusi – Tribune Online
