ABORTION RATE IN KIBERA

Abortion is an illegal act which is mostly carried out due to unwanted pregnancies among ladies and women.
In Mathare, abortion is frequent. The girls are unemployed and have no source of income yet they need to live and support their parents. This has led to prostitution and engaging in unprotected sex which make them get pregnancies. Since they can not afford to take care of the children prefer procuring abortions.
Abortions in Mathare are generally cheap considering that most people within the slums are poor. Besides, private hospitals are too expensive. There is also no worry on where to dump their infants because dump sites are almost everywhere within the slums.

Location: MATHARE, NAIROBI , KENYA