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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Farai Mutsaka

Zimbabwe court rules against law that denies abortion to marital rape victims and girls below 18

Zimbabwe Abortion Ruling - (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A law prohibiting abortion services for women raped by their husbands and girls under the age of 18 is unconstitutional, Zimbabwe’s High Court has ruled.

In his ruling handed down on Nov. 22 and made public this week, Judge Maxwell Takuva said since Zimbabwe’s laws already criminalize marital rape and sex with a minor, victims should be allowed to abort if they become pregnant.

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