Many adolescent pregnancies unintended, abortion rife - Report

541 views · Published 13 September 2018 · 2:56 · Indexed 23 September 2026

Channel: NTVUganda · 2018 · News & Politics

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A National discourse in Kampala disseminating facts on induced abortion in Uganda points to the fact that half of adolescent pregnancies in the country are un intended and that 15% end up in abortion. Statistics gathered by Makerere University, the Tutt-macher Institute and Public Health Ambassadors Uganda maintain that over 57,000 abortion take place among adolescents aged 15 -19 annually. The debate acknowledges the fact that Ugandan law explicitly allows abortion only to save a women's life, albeit further exposing millions to the net effects of teenage pregnancies. 

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