Doctors link 40% of maternal deaths to unsafe abortion

Punchng | 19-08-2025 05:37pm |

Sodiq Ojuroungbe Maternal and reproductive health experts have described unsafe abortion as a “silent killer” of women in the country, blaming poverty, ignorance, and Nigeria’s restrictive abortion laws for the growing number of preventable deaths. The experts lamented that at least 40 per cent of maternal deaths in the country were linked to abortion-related complications,

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