Clandestine abortion and access to safe abortion

Clandestine abortion and access to safe abortion

Clandestine abortion refers to the voluntary termination of a pregnancy illegally. This definition is in the lay man terms for easy understanding.

Under the project pledge for the development of policies and adoption of a law in favor to safe abortion access in Cameroon, a study was carried out in the four socio cultural corners of Cameroon.

The result of this study proves that, in 100 percent abortion cases recorded amongst the people that were interviewed, 68 percent were voluntary and the women did not show any remorse as they stated that if the opportunity presented itself again they won’t hesitate to do it.

In this 68 percent of women who were interviewed, it was noticed that those who practice most of those abortions are married women with a percentage of 36.80. Second were single ladies who are scared of raising kids by themselves with a percentage of 30.80 and in third position are divorced women with a percentage of 9.75

The graphs below illustrates it best

Unwanted pregnancy seems to be something which has come to stay despite the sensitization campaigns and teachings on how to avoid unwanted pregnancies. To this effect, even in a thousand years to come, it is evident that women will still practice abortions. The question is, will the abortions be safe or unsafe? It’s important that we amplify the fight against clandestine abortion to save more women.

Since November 2024, Dynamic Femmes has been carrying out a series of activities to raise awareness on the dangers of clandestine abortion and seek possible solutions to this fast becoming public health concern. one of these activities is webinars which are organised atleast ones every month.