Between 400,000 and 500,000 abortions take place in Sindh alone - many of them unsafe and often fatal. This is because abortion, in Pakistan, remains one of the most taboo subjects trapped between religious sensitivities and societal silence.

The law itself allows termination only under limited circumstances - to save the mother's life or for "necessary treatment" - yet the lack of clarity coupled with fear of social condemnation has pushed the practice underground. The........

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