Federation of Women Lawyers (Fida – Kenya) & 3 others v Attorney General & 2 others; East Africa Center for Law & Justice & 6 others (Interested Party) & Women’s Link Worldwide & 2 others (Amicus Curiae) [2019] eKLR, Petition No. 266 of 2015, Decision of June 11, 2019

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[Case of "JMM," a teenager who died after botched illegal abortion.] (High Court of Kenya at Nairobi, Constitutional and Human Rights Division), Decision date: June 12, 2019. [Raped teenager died of complications of botched illegal abortion after Ministry of Health withdrew training guidelines. Abortion legally permitted in cases of rape where it causes danger to the life or health of the woman; government’s withdrawal of safe abortion guidelines was not justified