Under the 2010 Constitution, abortion may be granted to a pregnant woman or girl, when in the opinion of a trained health professional, her life or health is in danger.
COUNTRY Director, Pathfinder International, Nigeria, Dr Amina Aminu Dorayi says in this report by SADE OGUNTOLA that Nigeria’s declaration of an emergency
The Country Director of IPAS, Mr Lucky Palmer, made this known at the presentation of the Nigeria Medical Abortion Study, conducted between June 2019 and April 2020.
IPAS focusses on improving and expanding women’s sexual and reproductive rights, made this known in Ibadan on Wednesday.
Palmer said that e-commerce platforms made it possible through technology advancement, which provides an easy way for women to access abortion pills as opposed to in-clinic abortion services.
“Over the last 20 years, technology has advanced and medication abortion also called the abortion pill, has been found to be a safe and efficient way to end a pregnancy.