Abortion in Benin
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Abortion in Benin
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In Benin, abortion is legal on broad socioeconomic grounds up to twelve weeks of pregnancy. During the French colonial era, a 1920 law banned abortion except to save the life of the woman. In 2003, the National Assembly legalised abortion in the cases of threat to the mother's health, pregnancy from rape or incest, or risk of birth defects. Benin is one of the only countries in Africa to legalise abortion. Many public health officials support legal abortion and cite the country's maternal mortal
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2014-12-04T06:30:40Z
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2024-09-10T03:11:02Z
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