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Bring abortion out of the shadows to save women's lives, families

More than 250 health professionals, advocates and MPs from Africa and beyond gather in Accra, Ghana on unsafe abortion.

Unsafe abortion is one of the continent’s biggest threats to women’s health. While abortion is safe in countries where it is legal and provided by trained medical professionals, clandestine abortion in most of Africa leads to death and serious injury.

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