Safe Abortion Act that was recently passed by parliament in Sierra Leone, but now stuck in parliamentary red tape, after president Ernest Bai Koroma refused to give his assent on religious grounds.
Religious leaders in the country are vigorously opposing the right of women to decide their own reproductive health.
Pregnancy and abortion are arguably public health issues, best addressed by medical professionals. But somehow, the religious hierarchy has decided that women, along with their chosen health professionals are not qualified to decide their own reproductive destiny.
Has president Koroma allowed religious freedom to take women’s right to choose as hostage?
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