Experts raise alarm over unsafe abortions among teenagers

Teenage pregnancies in Kenya average 15 per cent, with some counties recording more than 30 per cent. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

After the initial shock and denial of finding out she was pregnant at 15 years, Branice, a resident of Musuro village in Baringo walked to Marigat Hospital to procure an abortion. Instead, she took counselling and enrolled in an Antenatal (ANC) clinic.

Once on her own, however, she opted to terminate the six weeks pregnancy as she feared she would drop out of school, and face the stigma that comes with teen pregnancy.