#abortion is illegal in egypt
By Gehad Abada, Aswat Masriya When Amira Gamal* walked into the clinic in a murky street in Imbaba, she did not know what to expect or how far off pregnant she was. She arrived before the doctor and read the pamphlets on reproductive health and stages of pregnancy as she waited. She was already uncomfortable with taking the pregnancy test without wearing a marriage ring and urged by her partner to use a different name in her lab application. “Unmarried,…