Over twenty years had gone since Guyana’s groundbreaking abortion reform laws were approved, yet doctors lacked the necessary licenses to perform abortions, and no public hospital offered them.
Patricia tells the news that “women are still dying from abortions gone wrong.”
“They were using unlicensed doctors, home remedies, and bush medicine.” Even though the law was passed, it took years for it to become operative. It was an urgent cause, in my opinion.
Guyana is still one of the few Caribbean nations that permits terminations upon request.
Most of them are bound by colonial regulations that, except in the most extreme circumstances, prohibited them and were endorsed by religious leaders.
Still, there are a lot of covert abortions.
Patricia may seem like an unusual advocate for law reform given her background as a Christian Church minister.
“Life is what we are all talking about, and we support life. We wish to address the causes of the excessive number of abortions. She argues that decriminalizing abortion will make it more widely known and result in fewer abortions since individuals are more informed and don’t have repeat abortions.
