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Abortion: Where women get it wrong

Abortion is a legal activity in Nigeria, only when performed to save a woman’s life. Still, abortions are common, and most are unsafe because they are done clandestinely, by unskilled providers or both. No doubt, abortion accounts for 40% of maternal deaths in Nigeria, making it the second leading cause of maternal mortality in the country.

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Abortion is a legal activity in Nigeria, only when performed to save a woman’s life. Still, abortions are common, and most are unsafe because they are done clandestinely, by unskilled providers or both. No doubt, abortion accounts for 40% of maternal deaths in Nigeria, making it the second leading cause of maternal mortality in the country.

Abortion is a legal activity in Nigeria, only when performed to save a woman’s life. Still, abortions are common, and most are unsafe because they are done clandestinely, by unskilled providers or both. No doubt, abortion accounts for 40% of maternal deaths in Nigeria, making it the second leading cause of maternal mortality in the country.

Many regions in Africa are known for their unsafe practices in health care and disease, specifically when it comes to young pregnant women and abortion.

A major problem in these regions is that access to adequate health care is limited, meaning that options for safe health care practices are not easily accessible and some turn to unsafe methods of handling their pregnancies.

However, a recent study showed drug sellers were the only source of information about Misoprostol for three-quarters of the 400 women aged 18–49 who self-managed an abortion using misoprostol.

Moreso, the study found that most women who participated in the study did not receive adequate or accurate information about how to administer misoprostol, how much to use, or what to expect during the abortion process.

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