Malawian sex worker dies in the process of aborting pregnancy

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She may have not wanted to end her business of sleeping with men as her only means of making ends meet but for 22 year old Thandie Gomeza, the drugs she took to abort a 5 month pregnancy have ended it all.

PregnancyThandie, a sex worker at t Dwangwa Trading Centre in Nkhotakota has died after she had taken excessive drugs in an attempt to terminate a 5-month pregnancy, police say.

”According to Sphiwe Banda, who used to share the room with deceased, on December 2, 2015, at around 20:00 hours, she found the deceased crying in agony. Upon being asked, she revealed that she was five months pregnant and that she had taken excessive drugs to abort it.”Malawi Police Facebook Page wrote on Saturday.

The lady was rushed to Nkhunga Health Centre where she died while receiving treatment. Postmortem results showed that death occured due to poisoning.

Thandie Gomeza hailed from Chiotcha village, Traditional Authority Mlonyeni, in Mchinji district.