When she got pregnant at 16, Fatou Esther Jusu was terrified that it would derail her future. Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone. Fearing judgment from her family, she took friends’ advice and bought ...
This performative opposition exemplifies what philosopher Herbert Marcuse termed “repressive tolerance” – the incorporation ...
Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone. Fearing judgment from her family, she took friends' advice and bought misoprostol, a drug whose uses include abortion, from a local pharmacy. It didn't work.