As I read it carefully, word for word, I found myself tearing up as I reflected on what the 19-year-old girl in the story went through. She had already endured the trauma of sexual assault. When she later discovered she was pregnant, fear, shame and the weight of that experience overwhelmed her.
She needed support, access to information, counselling, and a safe place to seek help. But in her rural community in Namisindwa District, none of those systems existed. With nowhere to turn, she sought the help of a traditional healer who gave her a mixture of bitter herbs, hoping it would end her pregnancy. The situation went terribly wrong, and she lost her life.
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