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A fact from Abortion in Sudan appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 September 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that after South Sudan gained autonomy, it implemented an abortion law that was more restrictive than that of Sudan?
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... that after South Sudan gained autonomy, it implemented an abortion law that was more restrictive than that of Sudan?
Source: [1]Despite institutionalisation of many liberal human rights commitments during this period, after the war, in 2008, Southern Sudan adopted an abortion law even more restrictive than that previously used under Sudan. Sudan’s law also permits abortion in cases of rape or incest.