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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 ...
A 2024 survey found that over half of people in South Africa and about 90% in Kenya and Nigeria oppose legal abortion. [37] People in rural South Africa view abortion as a form of killing that violated traditional values. Men in Kenya view abortion as a way for women to hide culturally deviant behavior. [10]
This isn't the first time that abortion pill access has been called into question: Project 2025, a framework laid out by Trump allies, targets getting abortion pills by mail.
Mifepristone is approved in only one sub-Saharan African country—South Africa, where it was approved in 2001. [149] It is also approved in one north African country—Tunisia, also in 2001. [150] Mifepristone was approved for use in India in 2002, where medication abortion is referred to as "medical termination of pregnancy".
WASHINGTON — In a blow for anti-abortion advocates, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to the abortion pill mifepristone, meaning the commonly used drug can remain widely available.
In the US, in 2009, the typical price charged for a medical abortion up to nine weeks' gestation was US$490, four percent higher than the $470 typical price charged for a surgical abortion at ten weeks' gestation. [165] In the US, in 2008, 57% of women who had abortions paid for them out of pocket. [166]
According to the Ministry of Health, as of 2015 only 10% of hospitals provide safe abortion, and medical abortion is available in 18% of hospitals and 14% of health centres. Lesotho's guidelines for healthcare providers deal with referral for legal abortion. [2] Foreign medical professionals often perform illegal procedures for high prices.
Abortion in Namibia is restricted under the Abortion and Sterilisation Act of South Africa (1975), [1] which Namibia inherited at the time of Independence from South Africa in March 1990. The act only allows for the termination of a pregnancy in cases of serious threat to the maternal or fetal health or when the pregnancy is a result of rape or ...