Domestic law abortion and contraception versus the Maputo Protocol

Unlike almost all European countries where abortion and contraception have been decriminalized and access to them has been liberalized in many African countries abortion and contraception are still criminal offences with a few rare exceptions. The advent of the Maputo Protocol the most important international instrument on women's rights to reproductive health and the control of reproductive functions in Africa ratified by the majority of the continent's countries has emptied the essence of cont...See More