Sierra Leone backs bill to legalise abortion and end colonial-era law

President Julius Maada Bio with Åsa Regnér (left), deputy executive director of UN Women, and Oulimata Sarr, regional director of UN Women West and Central Africa at State House, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photograph: Courtesy of Office of Presidency

President Julius Maada Bio with Åsa Regnér (left), deputy executive director of UN Women, and Oulimata Sarr, regional director of UN Women West and Central Africa at State House, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photograph: Courtesy of Office of Presidency

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