On November 18th 2018, the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB) banned international health organization Marie Stopes from offering any form of abortion services after alleged complaints from the "public" that their radio adverts were promoting abortion. Abortion is a very emotive topic because it cuts across healthcare, sexual intercourse, religion, gender and sexuality, as well as policy. These are the lenses we will use to look not just at abortion, but reproductive healthcare as a whole.

Today, we're joined by Dr. Stellah Bosire, a physician and human rights activist, to talk about abortion and reproductive healthcare in Kenya. Press play!

Resources

Board orders Marie Stopes to stop offering abortion services

Kenya bans Marie Stopes from offering abortion services

The Reproductive Health Care Bill (2014)

Kenya's Abortion Provisions

In Harm's Way: The Impact of Kenya's Restrictive Abortion Law

Abortion in Kenya

Women's Lives Matter: Preventing Unsafe Abortion in Kenya

Unsafe abortion in Kenya: a cross-sectional study of abortion complication severity and associated factors

Contraceptive Use among Women of Reproductive Age in Kenya's City Slums

A System in Crisis from Contraception to Post-Abortion Care

Measurement, Learning & Evaluation of the Kenya Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (Tupange): Kenya Endline Service Delivery Point Survey 2014

2011 Kenya Urban Reproductive Health Service Delivery Report

Religious Affiliation and Contraceptive use in Kenya

Separating the Church from State: The Kenyan High Court's Decision in "Jesse Kamau and 25 Others v Attorney General" (Judgment of 24 May 2010)

Five facts about birth control in Kenya

Depo-Provera and HIV

New PRI Study Shows Depo-Provera Increases Risk of HIV Infection

Sexuality Education in Kenya: New Evidence from Three Counties

The reality of sexuality: Schools are taking the wrong approach on sex education

Women and The Law: A Spotlight On Recent Kenyan Legislation

What About Nerea?

Mollis and the Troubling Attitude Towards Sex in Kenya

What About The Girl Child?

The Elephant in Kenya's Room

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