ReviewSouth African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care2020
Abortion reforms in South Africa: An overview of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act.
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- Assessing Teenage Girls' Awareness of the Health Risks of Illegal Abortion: A Case Study Protocol in Lusikisiki.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Understanding the Ethiopian policy landscape on abortion services using a health policy triangle framework.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Sub-national analysis of intimate partner violence and termination of pregnancy among ever-in-union women in South Africa.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Implementing telemedicine for medical abortion within the public health system: a qualitative study on implementation bottlenecks and solutions in South Africa.BMC public health · 2025Article
- A qualitative exploration of the reasons and influencing factors for pregnancy termination among young women in Soweto, South Africa: a Socio-ecological perspective.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- The profile of adolescent patients presenting to a tertiary maternal mental health clinic.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2023Article
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Abstract
Access to sexual and reproductive healthcare is a constitutional right and on a broader perspective is part of the universal right to health. The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act of 1996 was a major step towards commitment to providing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services in an equitable and rights-based approach. Despite abortion being legally available, unsafe abortion is still an avoidable factor of maternal deaths after more than two decades of abortion law reform in South Africa. The CTOP Act 92 of 1996, with its amendments, provides a legislative framework; however, more is needed to reaffirm the sexual and reproductive health freedom.
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