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Dr. Wahome Ngare, Chairperson of the Kenya Catholic Doctors’ Association (KCDA), addressing delegates during the Second Pan-African Conference on Family Values (PCFV) in Kenya. Credit: ACPF

Attempt “to push for policy change”: Kenya Catholic Doctors’ Association Official on Government Abortion Statistics

May 18, 2025

The Chairperson of the Kenya Catholic Doctors’ Association (KCDA) has cast doubt on the methodology used in the abortion statistics that Kenya’s Ministry of Health (MoH) released on May 2, saying the numbers were inflated to promote pro-abortion legislation.

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