Can Rwanda’s New Abortion Law Make Access Safer?

Although Rwandan women take up many leadership and economic roles, their reproductive choices are still bound by church and state

Sarita Santoshini
ZORA
Published in
10 min readNov 15, 2019

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Illustration: Angela Chilufya

BBethany, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, was 20 years old when she first went to a health center to get a pregnancy test. She had missed her…

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Sarita Santoshini
ZORA
Writer for

Independent Journalist reporting on human rights, development and gender. IWMF, IRP Media, and Bitch Media fellow.