Monday, March 06, 2006

Stories in America: Outlawing Abortion Does Not End Abortion

Stories in America: Outlawing Abortion Does Not End Abortion: "South Dakota's governor is expected to sign a law banning all abortion, even in cases of rape or incest. Abortion is also illegal in Ghana, except for cases involving rape and incest, or if the woman can prove she is mentally ill. Ghanaian market trader, Esinam, 42, tells the BBC why she decided to have an illegal abortion at a back-street clinic in Accra, after she got pregnant for the fourth time despite using birth control. 'My husband and I can barely look after our three children on the little income we have. How could we afford to feed another mouth?' She was four months pregnant when she had the back-street abortion."