How Kenya’s Parental Consent Policy Exposes Minors to Unsafe Abortions
KISUMU, Kenya –When 17-year-old Jane (not her real name) confided in her mother about her stepfather’s inappropriate behaviour, she was dismissed and warned never to speak ill of him. Jane lost her biological father as a toddler, after which her mother remarried and relocated from their matrimonial home in Homabay to Kisumu, taking her only…