Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira has described the death of an East Coast Demerara woman following a botched abortion, as unfortunate, pointing out that a lot had been done since the passing of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act in 1995.

The Act, which became operational in early 1996, made the process of a woman terminating an unwanted child legal in Guyana.

Teixeira, who was the Minister of Health in 1995 and had piloted the bill through Parliament, told Sunday Stabroek that it is possible that a “lack of education” could have led to the …..