In Sri Lanka, abortion is so severely restricted that people who cannot afford high-quality services, either in the country or else abroad, are forced to risk their lives to get the procedure done in unsafe conditions, or are forced through a pregnancy that they cannot afford, manage, or do not want.

Sonali Gunasekera, Director of Advocacy at the Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka explains further in this interview with IPPF: https://www.ippf.org/blogs/fighting-safe-abortion-access-sri-lanka?fbclid=IwAR0kahsSQHCV-Edu-b5zO4JeGOl6H0I2pHF-wJ0kDQOoX1XzjemROLAW1RY