ZAMBIA Association of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians (ZAGO) president Swebby Macha says abortions should not be criminalised in the country. On Sunday, Police in Lusaka arrested and charged a 20-year-old Evelyn Hone College student for abortion. The student was found in a weak state by her fellow students in her room after they discovered a foetus and blood clots in the female students’ bathroom. But Dr Macha, who described the incident as unfortunate, said in an interview that the student needed counselling, not arrest. “It is quite an unfortunate incidence where it has been criminalised, the police obviously are following the law but the current movement and call, even globally, is to decriminalise abortion. What is needed is women should be...