You’ve heard the debates.
You’ve seen the arguments.
But do you actually know the facts?
Abortion in Nigeria is a public health reality issue. Every year, thousands of Nigerian women face life-threatening risks because of harmful laws that keep safe abortion out of the reach of the average Nigerian woman. The Network for Safeguarding Women’s Health and Rights (NSWHR) is dedicated to reforming Nigeria’s colonial-era health laws and protecting bodily autonomy.
They invite you to take this quiz to test what you know, challenge what you think, and learn why safe abortion care is a matter of women’s health, dignity, and human rights. You also stand a chance to win cash gifts by joining NSWHR’s campaign advancing accurate information on women’s reproductive health.
Under Nigeria’s Criminal Code, a woman who attempts an abortion is?
Section 229 states that any woman who unlawfully attempts to procure her own miscarriage commits a felony and is liable to imprisonment for up to seven years. Under the penal code, the woman is punishable whether she is actually pregnant, or not.
Which statement best describes the legal status of abortion in Nigeria?
Abortion in Nigeria is not completely banned, but it is highly restrictive. In practice, the law allows it only when two doctors certify that continuing the pregnancy poses a risk to the woman’s life. Most other reasons for abortion are legally prohibited.
Nigeria’s abortion law was originally inherited from?
Nigeria’s abortion law originates from colonial times, more than 100 years ago, when the British imposed the Napoleonic code of 1810 on us.
Under current Nigerian law, before a legal abortion can be performed to save a woman’s life, what is required in practice?
In practice, the law requires that two doctors agree that the pregnancy poses a threat to the woman’s life before an abortion can legally be performed — a requirement that can be extremely difficult to meet in places where there are no doctors, or places with fewer doctors.
An estimate of how many abortions in Nigeria are unsafe?
Two out of every three abortions in Nigeria are unsafe. This is due to harmful laws that restrict women’s access to safe abortions, and punishes health workers for providing healthcare.
Unsafe abortions can lead to which of the following complications?
While unsafe abortions can lead to various complications including death, safe abortions are 98% free from complications, and the 2% is made up of minor complications.
Restrictive abortion laws have?
Criminalization does not stop abortions; it makes them unsafe. Healthcare should not be criminalized, and only women’s healthcare is. The result is the needless, preventable death of many.
NSWHR is advocating for which of the following reforms
The goal of the NSWHR is to ensure that women have access to quality healthcare, and the advancement of women's health and safety.
Is a medically supervised, safe abortion generally safer than carrying a pregnancy to term?
Safe abortion is 14 times safer than childbirth, and 98% of women who have a safe abortion, have no complications . You are more likely to have a complication from a wisdom tooth removal, than you are, from a safe abortion
When performed safely in early pregnancy, abortion...
Safe abortion does not affect a woman’s ability to have children in the future.
Most complications from abortion occur when?
The World Health Organization(WHO) states that “Abortions are safe when they are carried out with a method that is recommended by WHO and that is appropriate to the pregnancy duration, and when the person carrying out the abortion has the necessary skills. In addition to non-specialist and specialist doctors, a wide range of health worker cadres – such as auxiliary nurses, auxiliary nurse midwives, nurses, midwives, associate/ advanced associate clinicians, pharmacists and doctors of complementary medicine – can provide various aspects of medical abortion services.
Which of the following are warning signs after an abortion that require medical attention?
Seek help if you see any of these signs.
A woman can get pregnant again soon after an abortion
True. Ovulation can happen as soon as 12 days after an abortion, so contraception is important if another pregnancy is not desired.
Emotional responses after abortion can?
Women’s experiences vary. Some feel relief, some feel sadness, many feel a mix of emotions.
Access to reproductive health education helps women?
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