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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Sophie Neiman

‘It’s needless death’: Ugandan activists decry restrictive abortion laws

At a vigil in Kampala, people hold candles and read the names of women who died as a result of unsafe abortions [Sophie Neiman/Al Jazeera]

Kampala, Uganda – At exactly 3:21pm on August 25, Moses Odongo received a call informing him that his 14-year-old cousin Christine had died attempting to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.

Odongo, who is 40, had just returned home and was sitting down for a drink and a bite to eat.

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