Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Access to Safe Abortion in Nigeria
Sexual and reproductive health care is often neglected or difficult to access during a crisis, and this can in turn drive more people to seek unsafe abortions that risk their…
Miriams Story
My name is Miriam and I’m 23 years old. Four years ago before my 19th birthday, I met a boy in my school who asked to be my boyfriend. I…
Safe Abortion Policy Reform
This report represents the first comprehensive compilation of information about abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa and its four subregions. It offers a panorama of this hard-to-measure practice by assembling data on…
Health care providers’ attitudes towards termination of pregnancy: A qualitative study in Western Nigeria
Despite restrictive abortion laws in Nigeria, women still seek abortion services. Restrictive policies on abortion make it difficult for safe and legal abortion to be obtained. …
Nigerian Health Professionals’ Perceptions About Abortion Practice
Although the provision of abortion is highly restricted in Nigeria, findings from a 1996 survey of 67 health professionals from two-thirds of the country's states indicate that women of all…
Justification of Women’s Right of Access to Safe and Legal Abortion in Nigeria
Abortion remains one of the most controversial, emotional, and burning political issues of our time. Unsafe abortion is a serious public health problem and human rights issue. Read…
Perceptions on Abortion and Long-acting Contraceptive Use among Women of Reproductive Age in Selected Nigerian States: A Cross-sectional Study
It is estimated that over 210 million pregnancies occur each year, with almost half of these unplanned. The evidence further shows that about 76 million of these unplanned pregnancies occur…