She was denied a legal abortion and sent to prison over an illegal one. Now she tells her story
Violet Zulu, who was sent to a maximum-security prison after she was denied a legal abortion and ended her pregnancy on her own, poses for a photograph in Lusaka, Zambia, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Kille)/ LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — She says she was let down at every step. By a partner who abandoned her when she was pregnant. By a health service that denied her a legal . And by a justice system that sent her to a maximum-security prison for illegally terminating her pregnancy on her own. earning $40 a month, was sentenced to seven years in ...
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