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"Conclusion In conclusion, abortion law reform is needed to better protect women and girls from unsafe abortion and uphold their rights under the Constitution and international law. In addition, change is needed urgently to address the devastatingly high rate of teenage and unintended pregnancy as a result of covid-19. The TOP Bill proposed by the special Law Commission on the law on abortion, while a significant step towards making abortion safe and more accessible, still contains substantial gaps and restrictions that would make safe abortion unavailable to many women and girls. The researchers recommend that the following changes be made to the TOP Bill: • Allow pregnancy termination on request in the first trimester • Allow certified health service providers to consider all necessary factors in their mental health assessments • Allow abortion in cases of severe foetal impairment, which may include fatal foetal abnormality, and require counselling to include information about financial and social supports for raising such a child • Allow all girl children who suffer the sexual abuse of defilement to access safe and legal abortion • Delete the 16-week time limit for termination based on rape, incest, or defilement • Remove the police reporting requirement for termination based on rape, incest, or defilement • Remove imprisonment as a penalty for violating the law on termination • Clarify that 12 weeks gestation refers to the first 12 weeks of a pregnancy after conception."

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