Abortion Clinics Target Botswana

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Some pro-abortion clinics seem to have found a lucrative market in Botswana as a result of the criminalisation of abortion in this country.

Most of these ‘clinics’ are now using the power of the social media to target pregnant Batswana women through advertisements, especially by creating Facebook pages. Of late, the social network site has been flooded with advertisements luring pregnant Batswana women to terminate their pregnancies.

A Facebook search for “abortion clinic” will promptly give one the following pages: Abortion Clinic Botswana, MediClinic Botswana, Botswana Gaborone, Abortion Clinic and Pills, Safe Abortion Pills Clinic Botswana, and so on.

Editor's Comment
Prosecutors deserve better

These legal professionals, who are entrusted with upholding the rule of law, face numerous challenges that compromise their ability to effectively carry out their duties.Elsewhere in this edition, we carry a story on the lamentations of the officers of court.The prosecutors have raised a number of concerns, calling for urgent attention from all relevant stakeholders, including the President, Minister of Justice and the Attorney General. Their...

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