In Botswana, many families still follow the lobolo custom where men pay a woman's family in order to take her as a bride.[2] This has established an expectation that husbands have paid for and own their wives' bodies, including their reproductive rights.[2] Even though this sentiment may lead to pregnancy that is a result of rape, hospitals and clinics are unlikely to approve marital rape cases as justifying abortion, as cultural norms suggest husbands are entitled to their wives' bodies.[2]