Nigerian human rights officials to investigate report the military forced abortions on thousands of women
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Human rights officials in Nigeria say they will investigate a report that the country's military forced abortions on over 10,000 women who had been raped by Boko Haram terrorists.
The move from Nigerian officials follows a Reuters report earlier this month that the military had conducted at least 10,000 secret and often forced abortions on women who had been suspected of having been impregnated by Boko Haram militants since 2013 as the nation looked to crack down on the insurgency group. Andrew Mark Miller is a writer at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
After speaking with victims, health care workers and military members, the report detailed that a clandestine abortion program had been launched because senior officials had reportedly believed that infants born to insurgent fathers were "predestined" to "one day take up arms against the Nigerian government."