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Abortion: Big picture on 'little crime'

By GARDY CHACHA

Kenya is ranked second in the world. No, not in athletics or rugby sevens, but in the number of abortions procured — mostly through illegal underground reproduction clinics. We also record the highest number of patients who visit health facilities after developing serious health complications in the wake of an abortion. These are findings carried in the abortion report released last month by Medical Services Director Dr Francis Kimani.

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