The rights to the vote and to an abortion do not usually appear simultaneously on the
historical stage. But in 1994, three months before the world's last racist regime collapsed, the …

The question of abortion is considered to be one of the thorniest issues, and one which most
political parties would rather avoid. The opportunity has arisen in South Africa for this …

As in the rest of the world, abortion in South Africa, is a pressing social proble (2). It is also
an issue about which we know and understand very little, in part because the question of …

This is the first book to focus on the history of abortion in an African context. It traces the
criminalization of abortion in South Africa during the apartheid era (1948–1990), the …

Abstract In 1996 the South African government passed the Choice on Termination of
Pregnancy Act (also known as the Choice Act), which legalized abortion in South Africa's …

Gleeson demonstrates how radical feminist arguments about abortion have been co-opted
by conservative anti-abortionists to portray abortion as “harmful to women” to secure …

This thesis interrogates the abortion debate in New Zealand and New South Wales over the
period 1970 to the present from a feminist perspective. The arguments of this thesis are five …

In the last 50 years the idea of legal abortion has crept in and spread throughout the western
world. First it was permitted as a mere solution to women suffering or dying as a result of …

PIP: Before 1975 abortion was illegal in South Africa unless the life of the mother was at risk.
The Abortion and Sterilization Act (ASA) of 1975 broadened the scope of legal abortion. The …

Focuses on the controversy in South Africa regarding abortion legislation. The Choice on
Termination of Pregnancy Bill, which make South Africa's abortion laws some of the most …