Liberians support women's autonomy, sex education, and keeping pregnant girls in school

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Afrobarometer
2026
13 p.
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Afrobarometer Dispatch, no. 1135

A special question module in Afrobarometer’s Round 10 survey (2024) explores the opinions and experiences of Liberians related to sexual and reproductive health and rights. Findings show that a majority of Liberians support the autonomy of women in choices about marriage and reproduction. Most also endorse the teaching of sex education in schools and believe that schoolgirls who become pregnant should have the right to pursue their education. Majorities are open to making contraceptives available to anyone who is sexually active regardless of age or marital status, though substantial minorities disagree. More than half of Liberians consider abortion justifiable if the mother’s life or health is at risk, in cases of rape or incest, if the woman is economically unable to care for a child, or if the pregnancy is unwanted “for any reason.”

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