Migori County is on news again after an 18 years student died while incurring abortion at a city clinic.
Doctors at Sori Lakeside Hospital said the 18-year-old orphaned learner, who was three-months pregnant, died last Wednesday after losing a lot of blood as she procured a septic abortion at a health facility within the town.
The girl is said to have developed complications while in school before she was rushed to Sori Lake Side Hospital after her condition deteriorated on Wednesday evening.
“The doctors discovered that she had lost a lot of blood while trying to procure an abortion,” said the teacher.
Kenya is in the grip of a national health crisis as millions of shillings are spent reducing complications from unsafe abortions.
A study by the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) between 2012 and 2016 found that Kenya used more than Sh500 million tackling unsafe abortion cases.
@AfrilandEldoret "http://t.co/JPm6j7p6PB 300,000 Abortions in Kenya?" #AbortioninKenya How did they carry out this research???!!!
— Stanley Anyümba (@aNYuMBAke) August 22, 2013
An estimated 2,600 women die from unsafe abortions annually, which means seven deaths a day.
Abortion is illegal in Kenya, and that is what everyone should know before going on with this article. However, what everyone has been asking is, “Are there provisions when one is allowed to procure an abortion in Kenya?” Well, let us take a look at abortion laws in Kenya to find out.
The following are the laws talking about abortion in Kenya: According to the Constitution of Kenya (2010), Article 26(4.
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— Talisha Hamilton (@CreativeWorld33) December 2, 2015
Abortion is not permitted unless, in the opinion of a trained health professional, there is the need for emergency treatment or the life or health of the mother is in danger, or if permitted by any other written law.