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Why doctors, women in abortion cases cannot be prosecuted after landmark ruling

Court rules Sections 158, 159 & 160 of the Penal Code are not inconsistent with the Constitution and the right to abortion is a fundamental right but it cannot be said to be absolute. [Getty Images]

At 18 years, PAK’s story will go into Kenya’s history books after she won a landmark case guaranteeing women and doctors a major reprieve on abortion.

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