Tag: Abortion
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“Despite having two abortions, I don’t go around sleeping with sugar daddies”- Phyna brags
BBNaija season 7 winner, Ijeoma Otabor, aka Phyna, has revealed that her first pregnancy occurred at age 19, stressing that despite having two abortions, she does not go around sleeping with sugar daddies. According to her, she is not ashamed of revealing her secrets about committing an abortion twice. Recall that a few days ago,…
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CDS calls for investigation into alleged military abortion programme
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor has called on the National Human Rights Commission to launch an independent investigation into allegation by Reuters of illegal abortion programme by the military. Irabor made the call when he led principal staff officers
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Why Lagos must not legalize abortion – By Jerry Okwuosa
I read with keen interest the advocacy of Dr. Abiola Akinyode-Afolabi writing on behalf of Women Advocates Research & Documentation Centre (WARDC) requesting for the legalization of abortion in Lagos. Her reason for this request is as follows:
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Re: Lagos State’s Abortion Guidelines (LSAG) – By Jerry Okwuosa
In their rejoinder to Sonnie Ekwowusi’s article on the Lagos State’s Abortion Guidelines recently published in your esteemed paper, the Nigerian Feminist Forum (FNN) set out to deliberately misinform the Lagos State government and Nigerians on the legality of abortion in Nigeria. Yes, there were indeed several spirited efforts to legalize abortion in Nigeria under…
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“Re: Legalization of abortion in Lagos State”: A Rebuttal – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
I would like to thank the Nigerian Feminist Forum (NFF) for joining issues with me in its very thoughtful and illuminating rejoinder entitled: “Re: Legalization of abortion in Lagos State”. For the avoidance of doubt and for the benefit of those who have not been following the recent development in the abortion debate in our…
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RE: Legalization of abortion in Lagos State by Sonnie Ekwowusi
Letter to the Editor: On Lagos State’s new abortion guidelines In an article published by The News Guru entitled Legalization of abortion in Lagos State, author Sonnie Ekwowusi urges Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to “withdraw the abortion directives” in the recently-released Lagos State Guidelines on Safe Termination of Pregnancy for Legal Indications. He argues…
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BREAKING: Gov Sanwo-Olu suspends Lagos abortion guidelines
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has directed the suspension of the state’s guidelines on safe termination of pregnancy. Prof. Akin Abayomi, the State Commissioner for Health made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in Lagos.
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Legalization of abortion in Lagos State – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
The abortion directives issued last week by the Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to the effect that Lagosians can now “safely” kill their unborn babies without any qualms are illegal and therefore null and void. Frankly speaking I don’t know why Mr. Sanwo-Olu has allowed himself to be drafted into the simmering, highly-sensitive political,…
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US Supreme court strikes down constitutional right to abortion
The supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending a precedent set nearly 50 years ago in the landmark Roe v Wade case – a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture the foundations of modern reproductive rights in America. According to The Guardian, the court’s…
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U.S. Speaker, Nancy Pelosi barred from taking Holy Communion over abortion rights
Speaker of the United States (U.S.) House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi has been barred from taking Holy Communion by the Catholic Church for supporting abortion rights.