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

But Sierra Leone since then has been torn apart by debate. Following opposition from religious leaders, the bill has been ...

Sierra Leone is a poor country in western Africa ... history of working in partnership with established community structures, traditional and religious leaders, credible local and national ...

But Sierra Leone since then has been torn apart by debate. Following opposition from religious leaders, the bill has been amended and now limits abortion to cases of life-threatening risk ...

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.