Kabul ¨C When Bahara was four months pregnant, she went to a Kabul hospital to beg for an abortion. ¡°We¡¯re not allowed,¡± a doctor told her. ¡°If someone finds out, we will all end up in prison.¡±
Abortion in Afghanistan is illegal, and you can be locked up for having or assisting with one.
But Bahara was desperate. Her jobless husband had ordered her to ¡°find a solution¡± ¡ª he did not want a fifth daughter.
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