Medico-legal consideration in child spacing

RESUMO

Many countries introducing child spacing programmes have discovered existing law do not give guidance regarding the proper conduct of the activities and Malawi is no exception. Malawi uses the common law principle that states if an activity is not prohibited by law that it is legal; this is strengthened when government pronouncements state a particular activity is acceptible to the government. In the absence of specific laws in Malawi; the author raises points in order to guide providers of child spacing services and provide a basis for further discussion: