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Maria Kamati, a nurse at the Reproductive Justice Coalition campaign group in Windhoek, told AFP that limited knowledge about contraceptives left many women exposed to unplanned pregnancies.
In 2020, more than 63 000 people - a sizeable number in Namibia with a population of just 2.6 million - signed a petition calling for an overhaul of the abortion ban.