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Rwanda lowers legal age to access contraceptives from 18 to 15 without parental consent.
Rwanda will allow teenagers as young as 15 years old to access contraception after approving a new law to tackle teen pregnancy, sparking divided opinions in the largely conservative country.
The central African nation of about 13 million people -- 40 percent of whom are aged under 15 -- has been worried by rampant teenage pregnancy but faced resistance to its plan to widen access to contraception.
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