The society for Family Health (SFH) has said Abortion among married women is currently on the rise in Nigeria.
Although SFH did not cite any survey or study to back its conclusion, it attributed the development to the rise in inflation and love for their families.
The nonprofit, non-political, non-governmental organisation which intervenes in various health fields, added that many married women undertake to abort pregnancies without the knowledge of their husbands.
SFH’s Country Social and Behaviour Change Coordinator, Delivering Innovation in Self-Care (DISC), Michael Titus, made these known in Minna, Niger State yesterday.
The event was a dissemination meeting of Niger State Family Planning/DMPA-SC performance of the Delivering Innovation in Self-Care (DISC).
Titus said married women abort as a way of reducing the negative economic impact of having additional children on their families.
