20.04.2006 - Source: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

Contraceptives widely available in urban drugstores, but access is restricted to married people ("10th European Country of Origin Infomation Seminar Budapest, 1 - 2 December 2005: Final Report on Sudan") [#49770],  [ID 19040]

"Contraceptives are widely available in urban drugstores, but access is restricted to married people. Young persons usually ask married friends or relatives to get them. There is a big stigma attached to it. So first you have to find someone to trust. In the countryside, this would be impossible, as privacy cannot be expected when frequenting a pharmacy, if there is a pharmacy at all. Therefore availability of contraceptives is very limited especially for those who are not married.
HA: If you go to a pharmacy in Khartoum and ask for a condom, the first question is: Are you married? If you say yes, you get the condom, if you say no, you don’t, because this would be in contradiction with Islamic values."

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20.04.2006 - Source: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

Abortion only legal for married couples and for medical reasons ("10th European Country of Origin Infomation Seminar Budapest, 1 - 2 December 2005: Final Report on Sudan") [#49770],  [ID 19041]

"In Khartoum, many illegitimately pregnant women resort to illegal abortions. Abortion is legal only for married couples and only for medical reasons. Both the husband and wife have to give their written consent. All other sorts of abortions are illegal, very difficult to obtain and extremely dangerous. Professional medicals are not allowed to perform it."

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