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Malawi faith leaders challenge High Court abortion ruling as ‘worrying precedent’

Malawi faith leaders challenge High Court abortion ruling as ‘worrying precedent’

Malawi’s major faith bodies are challenging a High Court ruling that allowed a 14-year-old rape survivor to access an abortion, warning the decision sets a “worrying precedent” for the country’s abortion laws. The Malawi Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Malawi Council of Churches, the Evangelical Association of Malawi and the Muslim Association of Malawi said the Oct. 28 ruling not only overturns long-standing legal limits on abortion but also risks reshaping national policy without broad pub

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