Lilongwe, Malawi, Mar 23, 2021 / 08:01 pm (CNA).- Malawi’s National Assembly earlier this month declined to debate a bill that would expand the grounds for procuring an abortion.
The Nyasa Times reported that “almost all MPs shouted ‘No’” when it was suggested March 11 that the bill be debated.
The bill would permit abortion in circumstances of rape, incest, fatal fetal impairment, or when pregnancy endangers the mother’s physical or mental health. Abortion is currently criminalized in Malawi except in cases of saving the mother’s life.
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