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2011, Contemporary Issues , 3rd prize stories , Sarah Elliott
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Poor Choices

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Each year, at least 2,600 Kenyan women die after illegal abortions and 21,000 are hospitalized with complications from unsafe procedures.
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Poor Choices

29 July 2010

Schwangerschaftsabbruch gilt in Kenia als Verbrechen, es sei denn, das Leben der Mutter ist in Gefahr. Eine Frau, die versucht, einen Abbruch vornehmen zu lassen, wird mit bis zu sieben Jahren Gefängnis bestraft. Für die Ausführung des Abbruchs gilt die doppelte Strafe. Reichere Frauen können sich die 60-80 Euro für einen insgeheim, aber professionell ausgeführten Abbruch in einer ordentlichen Klinik leisten. Ärmere Frauen sind auf zwielichtige Einrichtungen angewiesen, wo Laien mit Stricknadeln, Bleichmitteln, Malariapillen und anderen nichtmedizinischen Methoden zu Werke gehen. Mindestens 2.600 Kenianerinnen sterben jährlich nach illegalen Abbrüchen und 21.000 werden mit Komplikationen nach unsachgemäßen Eingriffen ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert.

Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya
A pregnant woman waits at a midwife’s house. Although she lives in extreme poverty, she plans to have the baby, as local beliefs hold that women who abort first pregnancies become barren. Abortion is a crime in Kenya, unless the life of the mother is in danger. Penalties run up to seven years in prison for a woman trying to procure a termination and twice as long for anyone conducting one. Women from richer classes can afford the € 60-80 it costs to have an abortion secretly performed by a compliant professional in a proper clinic. Poorer women have to rely on backstreet establishments, where untrained practitioners terminate pregnancies using knitting needles, bleach, malaria pills and other non-medical methods. Each year, at least 2,600 Kenyan women die after illegal abortions and 21,000 are hospitalized with complications from unsafe procedures.

El aborto se considera un crimen en Kenia, excepto en el caso de que corra peligro la vida de la madre. Las mujeres que traten de interrumpir su embarazo son castigadas con siete años de prisión, y las que realizan los abortos, a condenas dos veces más largas. Las mujeres de clases más pudientes pueden pagar los 60-80 euros que cuesta un aborto efectuado a escondidas por un profesional en una clínica higiénica. Las mujeres con menos recursos deben confiar en los establecimientos clandestinos, donde curanderos no cualificados interrumpen los embarazos con agujas de tejer, lejía, pastillas para la malaria y otros métodos. Cada año mueren al menos 2.600 mujeres keniatas tras sufrir abortos ilegales y 21.000 son hospitalizadas por complicaciones derivadas de procedimientos clandestinos.

L’IVG est un crime au Kenya, sauf si la vie de la mère est en danger. Une femme qui essaie d’avorter est passible de sept ans de prison et la personne qui le pratique, d’une peine deux fois plus longue. Les femmes aisées peuvent payer les 60 à 80 euros que coûte un avortement réalisé secrètement par un professionnel accommodant dans sa clinique. Les plus pauvres font confiance à des faiseuses d’anges sans diplôme qui les font avorter avec des aiguilles à tricoter, de l’eau de javel, des pilules anti-malaria ou d’autres méthodes non médicales. Au moins 2 600 Kenyanes meurent chaque année d’IVG clandestines et 21 000 sont hospitalisées pour des complications.

In Kenya l’aborto è un crimine, salvo che la vita della madre non sia in pericolo. Le pene possono arrivare a sette anni di prigione per le donne che cercano di interrompere la gravidanza e al doppio per chiunque procuri un aborto. Le donne delle classi più abbienti possono sostenere il costo, di 60-80 euro, di un intervento praticato in segreto da un professionista compiacente in una clinica adeguata. Le più povere, invece, sono costrette a rivolgersi a organizzazioni per l’aborto clandestino, in cui le mammane interrompono le gravidanze usando ferri da calza, candeggina, pillole per la malaria e altri metodi non clinici. Ogni anno almeno 2.600 donne keniote muoiono dopo un aborto clandestino e 21.000 vengono ricoverate per complicazioni dovute a procedure pericolose.

Abortus is in Kenia een misdrijf tenzij gevaar dreigt voor het leven van de moeder. De straf loopt op van 7 jaar cel voor een vrouw die een zwangerschap probeert af te breken tot 14 jaar voor degene die een abortus uitvoert. Welgestelde vrouwen kunnen zich het bedrag van 60 tot 80 euro veroorloven, dat meegaande medici vragen om clandestien een abortus op te wekken in een echte kliniek. Armere vrouwen moeten zich verlaten op een gribus in een achterafstraatje, waar ongeschoolde beoefenaars zwangerschappen afbreken met behulp van breinaalden, bleekmiddel, malariapillen en andere niet-medische methodes. Jaarlijks overlijden minstens 2.600 vrouwen na een illegale abortus en worden er 21.000 in het ziekenhuis opgenomen met complicaties na een onveilige procedure.

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Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya

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Sarah Elliott

Sarah Elliott
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sarahelliottphotography.com, Razon Collective
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Sarah Elliott was born in the USA in 1984 and received a degree in photography in New York City at Parsons School of Design. Elliott assisted Stanley Greene for a year before moving to Nairobi, Kenya, where she is currently based. Elliott has traveled extensively and is interested largely in documenting social issues, with a focus on women. Her photographs have appeared in such publications as Vanity Fair Italy, Monocle, Financial Times Weekend Magazine and Time.
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