In Freetown, Sierra Leone, 21-year-old nursing student Fatou Esther Jusu, who survived a dangerous self-abortion attempt, is advocating for a bill to decriminalize abortion in the country, where tens of thousands of women resort to unsafe methods annually due to the procedure being illegal. President Julius Maada Bio introduced the Safe Motherhood Bill to improve maternal health, but facing opposition, the bill has been amended to allow abortion only in cases of life-threatening risk, fatal fetal abnormalities, rape, or incest. Religious leaders have criticized the bill, and its fate in parliament remains uncertain, despite the urgent need for reform to prevent unsafe abortions and maternal deaths.
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Nearly ‘one child in every classroom’ is typically born using IVF in UK
In the UK, nearly one in every classroom is now born through IVF, with significant increases in egg freezing as individuals delay parenthood amid low birth rates. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority reported a rise in IVF births from 8,700 in 2000 to 20,700 in 2023, alongside challenges in accessing NHS-funded treatments due to funding disparities across regions. Explain It To Me Like I'm 5: In the UK, more and more people are using...
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