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Childless by choice

By Joan Bursulai

A short while back, the national news headlines were ablaze with a story about a woman in Naivasha who had committed suicide due to her inability to conceive. According to neighbours, the woman had tried to conceive for years, to no avail, and her fellow women had taunted her for it. Tragically, her husband came home one day from work to find her body hanging from the ceiling.

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