"Pregnant women in rural areas who know their friends who died of pregnancy-related causes are never at peace," said Brian Ligomeka, director of the Centre for Solutions Journalism.
Out of every 100,000 pregnant women in Malawi, 439 die before, during, and after delivery due to such factors as hypertension, obstructed labour, infections, and unsafe abortions. Ligomeka added:"We should be celebrating safe motherhood instead of weeping because of maternal deaths caused by unsafe abortions, which can be addressed through reforms already proposed by the government."Despite current legal restrictions in the outdated provisions of the Penal Code, unsafe abortions are still widespread in Malawi.
"It is time the government considered the recommendations that the Law Commission made on abortion law reform because that can contribute to the reduction of maternal deaths," said COPUA Vice Chairperson Dr. Amos Nyaka.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later. Sibale said the enactment of the new law would reduce maternal deaths as women who meet the criteria would access safe services in hospitals.
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