The Politicization of Abortion and Hippocratic Disobedience in Islamist Sudan
In Sudan’s Islamist state, abortion is politicized through its association with illegal pregnancy. Fornication is a crime against God punishable with 100 lashes, and pregnancy outside a marriage contract constitutes sufficient evidence of a woman’s immorality. This enables a strong link between the...
Main Authors: | Liv Tønnessen, Samia Al-Nagar |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights
2019-12-01
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Series: | Health and Human Rights |
Online Access: | https://www.hhrjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2469/2019/12/Tonnesen.pdf |
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