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  • Abortion, the law and unfortunate deaths of pregnant teenage girls

    [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text] Early this month, the ODPP charged a pharmacist for allegedly performing an abortion on a 15-year-old girl who became…

  • Achieving SDG-related Sexual and Reproductive Health Targets

    Keynote Address to the 2023 RESPEKT Conference, Kisumu City Wednesday, March 15, 2023 Rightfully, FREEDOM was the rally call for last year’s political party campaigns. However, little was said by most political parties about expanding reproductive health freedom. Over the three days of the Kisumu, Eldoret and Nairobi RESPEKT 2023 conferences, 3,000 girls (10-19 years)…

  • State should deploy all tools available to fight teenage pregnancies

    Recently, Cabinet Secretary of Health, Susan Nakhumicha, was reported to have said she will not facilitate the availability of condoms to underage Kenyans. She attributed the stance to her ‘firm Christian foundations’. She fronted abstinence as a precautionary measure against STDs and pregnancies among teenagers. Incidentally, her utterances come when Kenya is seeing a rise…