Unsafe abortion practices and the law in Nigeria: time for change

Sex Reprod Health Matters. 2020 Dec;28(1):1758445. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2020.1758445.

Authors

Oluwatosin Wuraola Akande¹, Adedire Timilehin Adenuga², Ifunanya Carista Ejidike³, Anuoluwapo Adenike Olufosoye⁴

Affiliations

¹ Public Health Physician, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
² Consultant General Surgeon, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
³ Company Engagement Officer, Access to Medicine Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ Emergency Medicine Specialty Trainee, North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: Nigeria; abortion law and policy; reproductive health; unsafe abortion; women’s health.

MeSH terms

Abortion, Induced / adverse effects
Abortion, Induced / legislation & jurisprudence*
Abortion, Induced / methods
Female
Health Care Reform / legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Maternal Mortality
Morbidity
Nigeria
Pregnancy

Grants and funding

This research was self-funded.