Safe abortion in South Africa: 'We have wonderful laws but we don't have people to implement those laws'
| Autor: | Mary Favier, Marion Stevens, Jamie M.S. Greenberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject Social Stigma Abortion 03 medical and health sciences South Africa 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine reproductive and urinary physiology media_common Legalization 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Human rights business.industry Conscientious objector Public health Obstetrics and Gynecology General Medicine Health Status Disparities Independence Democracy Law embryonic structures Abortion Legal Female Rural area business |
| Zdroj: | International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 143 |
| ISSN: | 1879-3479 |
| Popis: | In South Africa, abortion was legalized in 1996, during the nation's transition from apartheid to independence and democracy, under the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (CTOPA). The law drew from both a public health and rights-based framework. A coalition of advocates played a key role in passage. In the years after the CTOPA was passed, abortion services were expanded-in part through a 2008 amendment that allowed trained registered nurses to provide abortions-and deaths from unsafe abortions decreased. However, there have been hurdles to implementation, including competing health priorities such as HIV/AIDS, and a high number of conscientious objectors. There is a geographic disparity in accessibility of abortion services between provinces as well as between urban and rural areas. Women seeking legal abortions face a lack of accessible information on where to obtain an abortion, often experience stigma at facilities, and many obtain illegal procedures. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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