The recommendations in this policy paper are according to World Health Organization’s “Safe Abortion” technical and Policy guidance for health systems”. Nigerian government should incorporate Safe Abortion service in the National Health Policy and take action as follows: 1. Prevent unsafe abortion, including by amending restrictive laws that threaten women’s, including adolescents’ lives. 2. Provide legal abortion in cases where the continued pregnancy endangers the health of women, including adolescents. It is therefore essential that there are trained providers of abortion services, that services are available and known, and that treatment for complications of unsafe abortion is widely available. Saving a woman’s life might be necessary at any point in the pregnancy and, when required, abortion should be undertaken as promptly as possible to minimize risks to a woman’s health. 3. Make express provision of legal abortion in cases of rape and incest. Prompt, safe abortion services
