Appellate court ruling and draft African Charter pose threat on abortion rights, stakeholders say

The Court of Appeal has overturned a landmark judgment, which handed women and girls a right to abortion.[File,Standard]

A recent Appellate Court ruling on the right to access abortion and a draft African Charter on Family, sovereignty, and Values that proposes changes that could reshape legal and health systems across the continent have sparked concerns among several stakeholders.

An Appellate court ruling dated April 26 overturned a 2022 High Court ruling that affirmed the right to access abortion in a case of a teenager who presented with pregnancy complications and received emergency post-abortion care.