Abortion in Cape Verde

Abortion in Cape Verde is legal upon request prior to 12 weeks gestation.[1] After 12 weeks, a woman in Cape Verde can get legal abortion care if the pregnancy poses a risk to her physical or mental health or if the fetus is impaired.[1] Cape Verde is one of only four countries in Africa to permit elective abortions, alongside Mozambique, South Africa, and Tunisia.[2][3]

Mexico City policy

On January 23, 2017, Donald Trump reinstated the Mexico City policy, a gag order that bans funding to American NGOs who perform, promote, or mention abortion as a family planning option.[4] Some experts project this policy will cause 6.5 million unintended pregnancies, 2.1 million unsafe abortions, and 21,700 maternal deaths.[5]

In response to the funding shortfall this will cause, particularly for women in developing countries, Cape Verde joined seven other nations in an initiative to raise funds for women's health.[6]

References
  1. Division, United Nations Dept of Economic and Social Affairs Population (2001-01-01). Abortion Policies: Afghanistan to France. United Nations Publications. ISBN 9789211513516.
  2. "Abortion in Africa". Guttmacher Institute. 2016-05-10. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  3. Okeowo, Alexis. "Africa's Abortion Wars". New York Times. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  4. Sengupta, Somini (2017-01-23). "Trump Revives Ban on Foreign Aid to Groups That Give Abortion Counseling". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  5. Laura Koran and James Masters. "Trump reverses abortion policy for aid to NGOs". CNN. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  6. "Eight countries sign up to counter Trump's global anti-abortion move". Reuters. 2017-02-09. Retrieved 2017-02-23.


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