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When there was no list of free abortion clinics, we made our own. Here’s...
How we found the country's 'missing' abortion providers – and mapped contraception services too.
No fetus scan, no abortion. Really?
A draft bill is likely to virtually remove women’s access to safe abortions.
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Find out when you can terminate a pregnancy and who should be doing it.
Less than 7% of health facilities nationwide offer abortions – Amnesty International
In some provinces, safe, free abortions may only be provided at about 260 public facilities.
More married women than singles have abortions
Nearly 90% of terminations of pregnancies are performed in developing countries such as South Africa and Nigeria.
Will rape survivors finally be able to have legal abortions?
Unsafe terminations in Malawi may be curbed after a new law is enacted, but it’s just the first step
Medical conscientious objectors who scupper abortions deny women their rights
Conscientious objectors who refuse to perform abortions or related services for moral reasons may have become a law unto themselves.
People need to know more about abortion and contraception
A number of fallacious assumptions undermine the effectiveness of measures to prevent or terminate a pregnancy, writes Catriona Macleod.
Obstacles persist for safe, legal termination
The World Health Organisation estimates that one in five pregnancies globally end in induced abortion.
Abortion turns into a nightmare
Personal beliefs sometimes collide with healthcare providers’ professional responsibilities.
‘I opened her up and found her womb was rotten from the infection’
Obstetrician Eddie Mhlanga often had to attend to women who had unsafe abortions during apartheid, when abortion was illegal in South Africa.
SA US face-off over the world’s first declaration on universal healthcare
The US takes its controversial stances over abortion to the United Nations (Photo: Shealah Craighead)
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It’s official: Bhekisisa is going solo
Today, we set out on our own after calling the Mail & Guardian home for more than half a decade.
Doctor smartphone and other tales from the bedroom
From how to spice up your sex life to the more mundane, “does this look weird to you”, there are some questions you just don’t want to ask your friends and family. Relax. Now, there’s an app for that.