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Zimbabwe: Concourt Overturns Ruling to Expand Legal Abortion Grounds to Include Mental Health-Related Reasons

Published by AllAfrica 20 October 2026 at 08:56
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Zimbabwe: Concourt Overturns Ruling to Expand Legal Abortion Grounds to Include Mental Health-Related Reasons
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[New Zimbabwe] The Constitutional Court has overturned a High Court ruling that sought to expand Zimbabwe's restrictive abortion laws to recognise severe mental health conditions as grounds for lawful termination of pregnancy.

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