Abortion in a Progressive Legal Environment: The Need for Vigilance in Protecting and Promoting Access to Safe Abortion Services in South Africa
Abortion in a Progressive Legal Environment: The Need for Vigilance in Protecting and Promoting Access to Safe Abortion Services in South Africa
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.2012.301194
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发表时间：
2013-03-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Magwentshu, Makgoale
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作者：
Trueman, Karen A.;Magwentshu, Makgoale
南非作为非洲生殖自决模式的重要性不容低估。自1996年以来，堕胎已经成为法律的，在提供堕胎护理方面，美国拥有一些非洲大陆最发达的政府系统。然而，在美国，反对堕胎的人也以同样的方式减少了获得堕胎护理的机会，官僚主义也在增加，南非面临着类似的攻击，使妇女得不到安全的照顾，并有可能使过去16年取得的成就倒退。法律的历史、随后的法律的挑战以及妇女获得堕胎服务的新威胁，包括可能影响该国公共卫生未来的服务提供问题。
The importance of South Africa as a model for reproductive self-determination in Africa cannot be underestimated. Abortion has been legal since 1996, and the country has some of the most developed government systems for the provision of abortion care on the continent.Yet in the same way opponents of abortion in the United States have whittled away at access with increased bureaucracy, South Africa faces similar assaults that leave women without safe care and threaten to turn back achievements made during the past 16 years.I explore the history of the law, subsequent legal challenges, and new threats to women's access to abortion services, including service delivery issues that may influence the future of public health in the country.