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Doctors take stand on abortion rights for the survivors of rape

Kenya Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society (Kogs) president Kireki Omanwa. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

It is important that victims of rape and defilement - who consequently fall pregnant - are accorded medical abortion care by medical practitioners, when and if they make such a request.

This is the position of the Kenya Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society (Kogs) - an organisation of about 500 Kenyan doctors specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology.

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