Fear, shame and stigma make millions of women undergo abortion in discreet, unsafe, illegal clinics, risking their health and lives. The risk of dying from an unsafe abortion was highest in Africa. Denying unsafe abortion has socio and economic burden, said Dr Ejike Orji, Chairman, Association for the Advancement of Family Planning. He stated that complications of unsafe abortion were a major cause of infertility in Nigeria. Dr Orji, however, said that on the average, of every five women with unsafe abortion, one of them may die.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 18, 2018 03:33 UTC