Sierra Leone could become the second country in West Africa to decriminalize abortion, which health workers say would ...

Women’s reproductive rights are up to be widely expanded in Sierra Leone as lawmakers debate the Safe Motherhood Bill, which ...

Sierra Leone could become the second country in West Africa to decriminalize abortion FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- When she got pregnant at 16, Fatou Esther Jusu was terrified that it would derail ...

Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone. Fearing judgment from her family, she took friends’ advice and bought misoprostol, a drug whose uses include abortion, from a local pharmacy. It didn't work.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — When she got pregnant at 16, Fatou Esther Jusu was terrified that it would derail her future. Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone. Fearing judgment from her family ...