ACORCA News
Voices for Choice: How VIAC Transformed SRHR in Cameroon
Vision in Action Cameroon (VIAC) began in 2007 as a small community initiative led by a young person who had been trained as a peer educator (…)
Despite Legal Reforms, Adolescents and Young Women Still Struggle to Access Safe Abortion.
A 22-year-old woman from Nyarugenge nearly died after attempting an unsafe abortion. “I didn’t know about safe abortion services,” she said. “I (…)
Recent News on Abortion in Africa
Legal Reform
She was denied a legal abortion and sent to prison over an illegal one. Now she tells her story
A young woman in Zambia was sent to a maximum-security prison after she was denied a legal abortion and ended her pregnancy on her own
Research
Stalled Sierra Leone Abortion Bill Leaves Women Few Options | World Of Africa
Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone unless the mother's life is at risk, pushing many women to drastic and dangerous lengths to terminate a pregnancy. A bill to decriminalise abortion
Policy
Ipas research shows hidden barriers to abortion access for adolescents in Africa
When a 19-year-old in Ethiopia found herself pregnant, she made a chilling calculation.