What the Government must do to end illegal abortions

The Standard on Monday carried details of how the business of abortion continues to thrive in the country despite the practice being illegal, and certainly punishable under the law. The newspaper must be commended for going the extra mile and profiling stories from different angles, tales that tell the abortion story as it is in Kenya.

The fact that incidences of unsafe abortions have reached endemic levels in this country is no longer a secret. Just as cases of early pregnancies keep on rising, there is manifestation that young people not only engage in sex but they also do so casually and quite often without precaution.