So what happens when we look beyond the law itself and the reality of abortion access in Benin at the moment?

I think as my colleague Gramatu said, enacting a law is a great first step.

And I really commend the government of Benin for taking what really is a bold initiative.

However, the reality is that while changing the law is an important step, It doesn't automatically mean that access to safe abortion care is automatically available for a woman or a girl when she needs it.

And when you look at women's experiences during the course of our research, we found that there's still multiple routes to abortion in Benin and not all of them are safe.

Among the women and girls in our study, slightly and a half experienced an unsafe abortion, while around half accessed safe abortion care through the legal system.

But even among those who accessed safe abortion care, The journey wasn't automatically safe, straightforward.

But what needs to happen next to ensure that a right that is now recognized in law becomes something that people can genuinely exercise in their everyday lives?