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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]
[137] [28] For example, the 1996 legalization of abortion in South Africa led to an immediate reduction in abortion-related complications, [142] with abortion-related deaths dropping by more than 90%. [143] Similar reductions in maternal mortality have been observed after other countries have liberalized their abortion laws, such as Romania and ...
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".
EPWORTH, Zimbabwe (AP) — Carrying her infant daughter, 19-year-old Sithulisiwe Moyo waited two hours to get birth-control pills from a tent pitched in a poor settlement on the outskirts of ...
(Reuters) -CVS and Walgreens, the two largest U.S. pharmacy chains, will start selling abortion pill mifepristone at stores in several states this month, drawing praise from President Joe Biden ...
Ipas is an international, non-governmental organization that seeks to increase access to safe abortions and contraception. To this end the organization informs women how to obtain safe and legal abortions and trains relevant partners in Africa, Asia, and Latin America on how to provide and advocate for these.