The Nigerian military has conducted at least 10,000 secret and often forced abortions on women who were suspected of being impregnated by Boko Haram militants since 2013 as the nation looked to crack down on the insurgency group, an investigation by Reuters said Wednesday. After speaking with victims, health care workers and military members, the report detailed a clandestine abortion program was launched because senior officials reportedly believed infants born to insurgent fathers were "predestined" to "one day take up arms against the Nigerian government." One civilian health care worker described the program as "sanitizing the society" as women, largely without their consent, were given pills and injections to force abortions after being kidnaped and often raped by members of Boko Haram.