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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In Malawi, abortion is only legally permitted to save the life of a pregnant person.<ref>[https://www.womenonwaves.org/en/page/3180/malawi Women on Waves - Malawi]</ref> <ref>[http://worldabortionlaws.com/map/ World Abortion Laws]</ref> | In Malawi, abortion is only legally permitted to save the life of a pregnant person.<ref>[https://www.womenonwaves.org/en/page/3180/malawi Women on Waves - Malawi]</ref> <ref>[http://worldabortionlaws.com/map/ World Abortion Laws]</ref> If someone is caught trying to obtain an illegal abortion, they can face seven to fourteen years in prison. If someone helps procure drugs or medication for an illegal abortion, they can face up to three years in prison.<ref name=abortionmalawicnn>[https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/26/health/malawi-abortion-law-as-equals-africa-intl/index.html Women are dying from backstreet abortions. But reforms to Malawi's 157-year-old laws are stuck]</ref> | ||
There is a large underground, clandestine abortion scene in Malawi, as in many other countries that have restrictive abortion laws. However, these abortion providers may be unsafe or improperly trained, and women die in Malawi every year due to these clandestine abortion providers. <ref name="abortionmalawicnn" />. | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||