While backstreet abortions aren’t uncommon in Africa, there may be stricter laws in the future that may prohibit these risky practices.

Passionate church groups in Kenya are fighting to make backstreet abortions illegal. The churches feel there are more reasonable choices that can be made for the women rather than resorting to such method.

Oliver Kisaka, from the National Council of Churches in Kenya, said:

“The women are not the weakest in the equation, the unborn child is. The unborn child is the weakest in that equation. The churches are not against the women.

“Why do women in this country, or elsewhere, want to go ahead and get pregnant and then procure abortions? Why are we not realizing that the way you can avoid going through the whole problem of abortion by just not getting pregnant?”

Backstreet abortions generally include the use metal wires and knitting needles. Many women have died. The fetuses are found in garbage-filled streams in neighborhoods. Also, in 2004 guards found 15 fetuses in a bag under a bridge in Nairobi.

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