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Abortion in Ghana is banned except when there is a valid exemption. The abortion should also be conducted only at a government hospital; registered private hospital, clinics registered under the Private Hospitals and Maternity Homes Act, 1958 (No. 8) and a place approved by the Minister of Health by a Legislative Instrument.
A 2024 survey found that over half of people in South Africa and about 90% in Kenya and Nigeria oppose legal abortion. [37] People in rural South Africa view abortion as a form of killing that violated traditional values. Men in Kenya view abortion as a way for women to hide culturally deviant behavior. [10]
This isn't the first time that abortion pill access has been called into question: Project 2025, a framework laid out by Trump allies, targets getting abortion pills by mail.
Mifepristone is approved in only one sub-Saharan African country—South Africa, where it was approved in 2001. [149] It is also approved in one north African country—Tunisia, also in 2001. [150] Mifepristone was approved for use in India in 2002, where medication abortion is referred to as "medical termination of pregnancy".
Requests for abortion pills by women who weren't pregnant spiked when abortion rights were threatened, new research finds. A new abortion case is before the Supreme Court. More nonpregnant women ...
Some NGOs in other African countries such as Uganda, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa rolled back services, including clinics, contraception, training and support for government and ...
In the US, in 2009, the typical price charged for a medical abortion up to nine weeks' gestation was US$490, four percent higher than the $470 typical price charged for a surgical abortion at ten weeks' gestation. [165] In the US, in 2008, 57% of women who had abortions paid for them out of pocket. [166]
Ipas is an international, non-governmental organization that seeks to increase access to safe abortions and contraception. To this end the organization informs women how to obtain safe and legal abortions and trains relevant partners in Africa, Asia, and Latin America on how to provide and advocate for these.