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How the ACDP peddled unproven fact in its bid to tighten SA’s abortion laws
The party cannot substantiate claims it made before Parliament in March, finds Africa Check.
Award-winning Pontsho Pilane: Here’s why beat reporting matters
Pontsho Pilane has been named this year’s Discovery Health Journalist of the Year. Hear why she thinks specialist reporting isn't dead.
Why it could cost less than R120 per year to save a life
Maternal deaths in developing regions would fall by 73% if all women had access to contraception and maternal healthcare, shows new research.
Should government health schemes pay for infertility treatment?
"Women are blamed for infertility when, in fact, as we know from research, it is quite often on the man’s side.”
Abortion in South Africa: A reporting guide for journalists
Bhekisisa's new manual provides handy information on abortion data in South Africa, how procedures work and what the law says.
#SliceOfLife: ‘I shared my abortion experience on Facebook and it went viral’
A horrifying experience at an illegal abortion provider led Gaopalelwe Phalaetsile to use social media to help women access safe abortion services
Download our easy-to-use safe abortion graphics in 11 languages for free
Abortion has been legal for more than 20 years in SA but many people still don't know when or where they can get safe terminations. These can help.
13 things that will change the way you look at abortion
Everyone’s got an opinion on it but can we say the same about the facts?
A grim anniversary: Hundreds of clinics close as Trump’s gag rule turns one
Governments and even anonymous do-gooders are stepping into fill the funding gap left by the US decision, but their pockets will never be deep...
Forced abortions: A new frontier in the war on women’s bodies?
Partners and families allegedly drugged women and in some cases even physically restrained them as doctors performed the procedure.
‘I told them I had a miscarriage. But the nurses knew what had really...
Go inside the international network of women willing to break the law to give people access to termination of pregnancy services.
#SizaMap: Find a safe, legal abortion near you with this list of designated providers
Until now, the national and provincial health departments have not been able to say where services are provided. Here's how we found them.
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.Bhekisisa has created #SizaMap, South Africa's first searchable map of free abortion providers....
‘They made me feel like a murderer’: Stigma endangers women seeking legal abortions
Bontle Mabe turned to a loan shark to fund her abortion after she was turned away for five days in a row at her local clinic.
Abortion: Government to get tougher on doctors with moral objections
Draft guidelines will look to balance a doctor or nurse's right recuse themselves from performing abortions with a person's right to choose.
Loophole could protect South African organisations from US gag rule on abortions
Experts say confusion over the rights of local healthcare workers to provide the service while receiving US funds only benefits Trump administration.