Further, Passaris urged parents to be realistic and understand that their children might be engaging in sex. "Parents have got to be realistic, by putting my daughter on birth control, I made sure that abortion does not become the birth control," she remarked. However, the court also ruled that safe abortion which is procured within the confines of the law must be done by permitted medical health practitioners. Therefore, abortion is permitted where the health of a mother is at risk as determined by a trained medical professional,” he said. He further added: “In the question of who is a trained medical professional as per the abortion provision, we rely on the Health Act which describes a trained medical professional as a midwife, clinical officer, nurse and any other trained medical worker.”

Source: Standard Digital June 20, 2019 12:10 UTC