‘It’s needless death’: Ugandan activists decry restrictive abortion laws
Al Jazeera
Abortion is generally illegal in Uganda, and fear of imprisonment leads many to resort to extreme and unsafe practices.
Kampala, Uganda – At exactly 3:21pm on August 25, Moses Odongo received a call informing him that his 14-year-old cousin Christine had died attempting to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.
Odongo, who is 40, had just returned home and was sitting down for a drink and a bite to eat.
His grief at her untimely death quickly mixed with anger at Uganda’s restrictive abortion laws and conservative culture, which he believes killed her.
“This is a problem we are all responsible for,” he said. “We have let down this girl. We have not provided [young] people with sex education … We do not allow anyone to even mention the word abortion.”
Odongo is the founder and executive director of Family Medical Point, a nonprofit that carries out informational programmes and operates small health centres in Entebbe, a city neighbouring the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
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