Many women and girls who have had abortions fear speaking out, and the push for the bill in Sierra Leone has been led by women’s rights groups and medical professionals.

And yet, among the 50 people — majority of whom are kush users — who filed into one of Sierra Leone’s two government-run rehab centers on a recent day, only three were women.

Many women and girls who have had abortions fear speaking out, and the push for the bill in Sierra Leone has been led by women’s rights groups and medical professionals.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — When she got pregnant at 16, Fatou Esther Jusu was terrified that it would derail her future. Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone. Fearing judgment from her family… ...

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio pointedly introduced the Safe Motherhood Bill after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, stripping away women's constitutional ...

Many women and girls who have had abortions fear speaking out, and the push for the bill in Sierra Leone has been led by women’s rights groups and medical professionals.