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Rwanda: Currently, Health Centers are allowed to carry out human surrogacy

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 The decree of the Minister of Health indicated that medical institutions are allowed to carry out legal abortions in addition to health centers and clinics known as Cliniques if they are authorized.

                                           People started claiming it is their rights

Non-governmental organizations that have a connection with reproductive health have often pointed out that the service of surrogacy is legal, but it is offered at a very high level, which makes many of those who need it unable to apply for it.

Among the legal reasons for a medical center to perform an abortion on a person are the fact that she is pregnant as a child, the person requesting the abortion has been forcibly sexually abused, the person requesting the abortion has been carried away after being forcibly raped by another such as a man and a woman; apply for surrogacy by a close relative up to the second stage; or pregnancy that threatens the health of the pregnant woman or the unborn child.

The order of the Minister of Health of November 29, 2024 determines the requirements to be met in order for a doctor to inseminate a person, increasing the number of medical institutions that can provide insemination services.

The only change made is in the fifth article, which states: "Abortion is performed in a public or private medical center authorized by the Ministry of Health to operate as a hospital, health center or polyclinic. However, the Ministry of Health is responsible for allowing clinics that meet the requirements to provide abortion services, after reviewing the requirements.

In Rwanda, there are more than 512 health centers, and the current plan is that in the next three years they will all have doctors so that many services that are not started in hospitals will be available at these clinics.

The Association for the Promotion of Life, HDI Rwanda expressed its satisfaction with the changes made in the field of abortion for those in need.

"These changes are an important step in protecting the lives of women and girls, especially in dealing with the negative consequences that have been seen for those who use illegal routes (trafficking), where many have been seriously injured or even lost their lives."

"This decision is a step that will increase access to fair, reliable, and timely health services for women and girls who need these services."

Statistics from the National Institute of Health, RBC, show that 4,378 women and girls underwent medical abortions between the years 2020-2023 for various reasons.

RBC's report shows that 60% of those who received the service became pregnant by force, 32% were taken away because they threatened the life of the pregnancy or the child, 3% were pregnant with children, 2% were pregnant by close relatives, while 1% of those who got pregnant were from someone who was forced to marry them.

A study conducted by the National Commission for Human Rights revealed that 57.1% of girls who are pregnant before they reach the age of majority are those who are already friends.

In total, 394 teenagers, equal to 57.1% of those surveyed, were impregnated by their common friends; 136 equal to 19.7% were impregnated by their neighbors; 52 equal to 7.5% were conceived by strangers, while 20 equal to 2.9% were conceived by members of their families.

That's when children born in 2023 are between 10 and 14 years old and reach 75.

The law stipulates that unless the pregnancy threatens the life of the pregnancy or the unborn child, the abortion must not exceed 22 weeks.

 

Marc N

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