Treatment (IPT) and 45% of expected persons who have availed themselves of the treatment services provided by the health facilities (rate of use of treatment services). 227. Apart from Kinshasa, the project is being implemented in the cluster comprising the Maniema Province (10 health zones/ZS) and the Orientale Province (3 health zones ZS), i.e. 3 concerned dioceses, namely Kisangani, Kindu and Kasongo. 228. After the implementation of the project, assisted births stood at 9,615 out of 14,260 cases, i.e. 67.4%; 10,920 out of the 12,229 expected children were vaccinated against measles, i.e. a VAR coverage rate of 89.3% for TPI; 10,308 pregnant women received at least two doses of SP (Fansidar) out of the 12,186 expected cases (84.6%); 112,510 out of the expected 171,072 persons availed themselves of curative services, i.e. a curative service utilisation rate of 70.4%. 229. RH services are generally offered in the DRC in the following reproductive health activity areas:  Safe motherhood: antenatal care, safe delivery, basic care in case of obstetric complications, care for newly-born babies, post-natal care and breast-feeding;  Family planning information and services;  Prevention and handling of sterility and sexual dysfunction among both men and women;  Prevention and handling of abortion-related complications;  Awareness raising on the part of men in order to involve them in Reproductive Health and to make them jointly aware of their responsibilities to enhance the role and status of women;  Prevention and handling of genital infections, particularly sexually transmitted infections (STIs); including HIV infections and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS);  Promotion of sound sexual development from pre-adolescence, safe and responsible sex throughout life and gender equality;  Elimination of harmful practices like female genital mutilation, early marriage, domestic violence and sexual violence against women;  Handling of non-infectious genital conditions such as genital fistula, cervical cancer, complications from female genital mutilation and menopause-related reproductive health problems. PROVISIONS FOR ABORTION (ARTICLE 14 (2) (c)) 230. Abortion is certainly one of the oldest and most universal arguments where discrepancies exist even in the traditional approaches regarding relationships between ethics and law since the subject matter falls within the scope of legal philosophy, the question of procreation by way of its two key characteristics; the law or freedom to procreate, and the right to refuse to procreate, the most obvious manifestation being abortion, also referred to as termination of pregnancy. With regard to the freedom to procreate, it is the possibility to decide if and when sex life should lead to procreation, be it natural or artificial. 231. Concerning the right to refuse to procreate, which is the purpose of Article 14 (2) (c) of the MAPUTO Protocol, in spite of the various discussions, studies and other proposals for social protection which have taken place in the country before the ratification of the MAPUTO Protocol, and even after same, the DRC did not adopt any measure or legal instrument for medicalized abortion, even in case of sexual aggression, rape or incest. On the other hand, Articles 166 and 167 of the criminal code strictly penalize the practice of any kind of abortion: “Any person who, through food, beverages, medicines, violence or any other means makes a woman undergo an abortion shall be sentenced to a term of five to fifteen years in prison, and a woman who voluntarily undergoes an abortion shall be sentenced to a term of five to ten years in prison.” 232. However, one is allowed to take all measures for an abortion when precautionary measures are taken in accordance with the ethics of the medical profession when the pregnancy endangers the mental and physical health of the mother or the life of the mother or the foetus. Such an intervention must be approved by a forensic scientist who will prepare a document to be attached to the file of the sick woman. 233. This means that with regard to the understanding of the MAPUTO Protocol, measures must be thought of beyond all the considerations raised above. . 48