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Reproductive Health Matters
An international journal on sexual and reproductive health and rights
Volume 12, 2004 - Issue sup24: Abortion law, policy and practice in transition
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Abortion Law Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa: No Turning Back

(Vice President for Africa) & (Senior Program Advisor)
Pages 227-234 | Published online: 27 Apr 2005

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Marlene Makenzius, Ulrika Rehnström Loi, Beatrice Otieno & Monica Oguttu. (2023) A stigma-reduction intervention targeting abortion and contraceptive use among adolescents in Kisumu County, Kenya: a quasi-experimental study*. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters 31:1.
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Michael Mbithi Mutua, Lenore Manderson, Eustasius Musenge & Thomas Noel Ochieng Achia. (2018) Policy, law and post-abortion care services in Kenya. PLOS ONE 13:9, pages e0204240.
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Madeline Blodgett, Karen Weidert, Benjamin Nieto-Andrade & Ndola Prata. (2018) Do perceived contraception attitudes influence abortion stigma? Evidence from Luanda, Angola. SSM - Population Health 5, pages 38-47.
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Mary Carolan. (2010) Pregnancy health status of sub-Saharan refugee women who have resettled in developed countries: a review of the literature. Midwifery 26:4, pages 407-414.
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Charles G. Ngwena. (2010) Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women: Implications for access to abortion at the regional level. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 110:2, pages 163-166.
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Andrea Cornwall, Hilary Standing & Andrea Lynch. (2008) Introduction: Putting Unsafe Abortion on the Development Agenda. IDS Bulletin 39:3, pages 1-9.
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