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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ignatius Ssuuna

Protestant Council of Rwanda bars abortions in its clinics

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The Protestant Council of Rwanda has directed all health facilities run by its members to stop carrying out all abortions, further limiting access to the procedure in the largely Christian nation of 13 million people.

The council’s decision earlier this month described abortion as a sin, echoing the stance of Rwanda's more widely followed Catholic Church but conflicting with the East African country's law which permits abortions for specific reasons.

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