ArticleSouth African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde2017
Facilitating access to adolescent sexual and reproductive health services through legislative reform: Lessons from the South African experience.
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- Hope, agency, and adolescents' sexual and reproductive health: A mini review.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2023Review
- Parental waivers to enable adolescent participation in certain forms of health research: lessons from a South African case study.BMC medical ethics · 2022Article
- Barriers to access second-trimester abortion: A case report.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2021Article
- Abortion reforms in South Africa: An overview of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2020Review
- Be legally wise: When is parental consent required for adolescents' access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)?Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2020Article
- Getting youth PrEPared: adolescent consent laws and implications for the availability of PrEP among youth in countries outside of the United States.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Review
- Scaling-up PrEP Delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Can We Learn from the Scale-up of ART?Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2019Review
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Abstract
South Africa (SA) has progressive legislation enabling adolescents to access various sexual- and reproductive-health services (SRH) independently, without consent from parents or legal guardians. This article reviews the SA legislative framework for adolescent access to SRH interventions. It outlines the five approaches adopted in current legislation to address adolescents' capacity to independently consent to specified health interventions, based on age, capacity and public policy requirements, or combinations thereof. Rather than subsume various health interventions under the umbrella of medical treatment, SA has separately legislated on many SRH interventions (e.g. HIV testing, contraceptives and terminations of pregnancy, among others). We identify strengths and weaknesses of the SA approach, and conclude with lessons learned from the SA experience which could inform discussion and debate on the most appropriate ways for countries to consider law reform that facilitates adolescent access to SRH services.
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