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Zimbabwe abortion information gap puts vulnerable women at risk

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In Zimbabwe, gaps in information about sexual and reproductive health rights are putting poor women and other vulnerable groups at greater risk. Health policy expert Tinashe Mundawarara believes these inequalities reduce their ability to make informed decisions, according to NewsDay.

A lack of information about abortion puts poor women and other vulnerable groups at greater risk in Zimbabwe, according to sexual and reproductive rights activists cited by NewsDay.

Tinashe Mundawarara, a health policy expert at the Health Law and Policy Consortium, told NewsDay Weekender that these information gaps had adverse consequences for people with the least access to health services and resources.

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