'The US policies on abortion, whether we like it or not, significantly influence how seriously governments around the world take the issue of unsafe abortions.'
A leaked draft of a United States Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v Wade, a landmark 1973 decision that gave women the constitutional right to abortion, recently put abortion rights once again on the global agenda.
Consider that in 2015, the Ministry of Health arbitrarily withdrew the"Standards and Guidelines for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality from Unsafe Abortion in Kenya", creating uncertainty as to the status of legal abortion and discouraging medical providers from performing abortions for fear of the legal consequences. The courts later ruled the ministry's actions as unconstitutional.
That women's right to abortion was recognised at the federal level in the US encouraged other countries to move towards liberalisation of their abortion laws. Significant progress has been made towards securing abortion rights for African women since Roe v Wade came into effect nearly half a century ago, however, the struggle is still far from over.
Moreover, anti-abortion rights forces in the US have always been keen to limit access to abortion not only in the country but also internationally. The US has passed laws and initiatives in the past designed solely to limit access to abortion abroad.
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