Health
Ogun assembly passes safe pregnancy termination bill
Taiwo Bankole
The Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a bill seeking to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality, promote safe motherhood and reproductive health rights, and establish conditions for the safe termination of pregnancy in accordance with legal indications and for connected purposes.
The bill, with the short title “H.B. No. 036/OG/2026 – Ogun State Safe Termination of Pregnancy Law, 2026”, was passed during Thursday’s plenary presided over by the Speaker, Oludaisi Elemide, at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
According to a statement by the clerk of the House on Thursday, the passage followed the presentation of the report of the House Committee on Health by its Chairman, Wahab Haruna, who moved for the adoption of the report. The motion was seconded by the Chief Whip, Hon. Omobola Bakare, and supported by the lawmakers through a voice vote.
The bill was subsequently considered and adopted clause-by-clause before the Committee of the Whole House.
The motion for its third reading was moved by Babatunde Tella and seconded by Lukman Adeleye. It was unanimously supported by the lawmakers through a voice vote, after which the Clerk/Head of Legislative Service, Mr Sakiru Adabakin, read the bill for the third time before the lawmakers.
The Speaker thereafter directed that a clean copy of the bill be transmitted to the state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, for his assent.
Four other bills also scaled first reading during the plenary. They are the Gender Balance in Political and Public Offices Bill, 2026; the Group Liability for Offences of Violence, Extortion and Secret Societies (GLOVES) Bill, 2026; the Victims’ Rights Bill, 2026; and the Ogun State Human Sacrifice Prevention and Prohibition Bill, 2026
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