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2. Abortion in South Africa - Wikipedia

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   Abortion was first legalised in South Africa under the Abortion and Sterilization Act, 1975 (Act No.2 of 1975). [8] This law stated that women could access pregnancy terminations if; continuing the pregnancy could be life-threatening or cause serious health issues, continuing the pregnancy could be of severe risk to the woman's mental health, the child is likely to be born with significant ...

3. Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1996 - Wikipedia

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   The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1996 (Act No. 92 of 1996) is the law governing abortion in South Africa.It allows abortion on demand up to the twelfth week of pregnancy, under broadly specified circumstances from the thirteenth to the twentieth week, and only for serious medical reasons after the twentieth week.

4. Abortion Under Apartheid - Wikipedia

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   The book traces the struggle for abortion rights from the 1960s to the end of apartheid in South Africa. It stresses the intersection of class and race in women's access to safe abortion services, emphasizes the lingering challenges, [1] highlights the lack of a widespread feminist movement during this period and closely examines the impact of a 1972 case involving a medical abortionist named ...

5. Health advocates in Africa worry Trump will reimpose abortion ...

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   But the free service funded by the U.S. government, the world’s largest health donor, might soon be unavailable. ... In South Africa, where abortion is mostly legal, some NGOs, especially those ...

6. Abortions are legal in much of Africa. But few women may be ...

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   The Maputo Protocol, a human rights treaty in effect since 2005 for all 55 countries of the African Union, says every nation on the continent should grant women the right to a medical abortion in ...

7. Near total abortion ban with no rape, incest exceptions ... - AOL

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8. Christian Lawyers Association v Minister of Health - Wikipedia

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   The Christian Lawyers Association claimed that abortion violates section 11 of the Constitution, which provides that "Everyone has the right to life." The government noted an exception (a demurrer) on the grounds that constitutional rights do not apply to fetuses and that there was therefore no case to answer. The court accepted the government ...

9. Abortion in Africa - Wikipedia

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   Jackson Women's Health Organization, which impacted the abortion debate in Africa. Abortion providers faced an increase in threats. American groups provided funding for anti-abortion activists. [6] Anti-abortion groups in Kenya challenged the country's recent ruling that abortion is a constitutional right, which had cited Roe v. Wade.