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What Is Happening to Women in Afghanistan Right Now? The Healthcare Crisis Nobody Is Talking About
In Afghanistan, a woman is already one of the most dangerous things you can be. Now it is getting worse. Following the Taliban's ban on contraception, Afghan women are giving birth without doctors, miscarrying without medical treatment, and losing access to even the most basic medicine. According to recent projections, maternal deaths in Afghanistan could rise by 50% this year alone. Not because of war. Not because of drought. Because of policy. Deliberate, enforced, targeted policy — aimed specifically at the bodies of women. This is not a crisis that crept up quietly. It was built, one restriction at a time, by a government that has systematically dismantled every protection Afghan women had. What is happening now is the result. And the numbers are only going to get worse. Read the full story below.
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