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Mozambique has passed a law permitting women to terminate unwanted pregnancies under specified conditions, a move hailed by activists in a country where clandestine abortions account for a large number of maternal deaths.
President Armando Guebuza on Thursday quietly signed into law a revised penal code bill that eases prohibitions in abortion regulations.
The new law specifies that abortions will have to be carried out in recognised and designated health centres by qualified practitioners.Termination must be carried out within the first 12 weeks but in case of rape, the period is extended to 16 weeks.
Mozambique decriminalises abortion to stem maternal death rate - BizNews.com
Good! More countries should follow suit.