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Knowledge of the abortion legislation among South African women: a cross-sectional study
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BACKGROUND: In order to ensure that legalized abortion in South Africa improves reproductive health, women must know that abortion is a legal option in the case of unwanted pregnancy. This study investigated knowledge of abortion legislation eight years after the introduction of legal abortion services in one province of South Africa. METHODS: In 2004/2005, we conducted a cross-sectional study among 831 sexually-active women attending 26 public health clinics in one urban and one rural health region of the Western Cape Province. RESULTS: Thirty-two percent of women did not know that abortion is currently legal. Among those who knew of legal abortion, few had knowledge of the time restrictions involved. CONCLUSION: In South Africa there is an unmet need among women for information on abortion. Strategies should be developed to address this gap so that women are fully informed of their rights to a safe and legal termination of pregnancy.
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In South Africa, researchers found that only 32% of respondents did not know about the legal status of abortion.
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- Authors
- Morroni, C., Myer, L., & Tibazarwa, K.
- Affiliations
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Corresponding author
- Morroni, Chelsea
- Venue
- Reproductive Health
- Published
- 2006-08-03
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 7-7
- ISSN
- 1742-4755 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC1555575
- OpenAlex
- W1872080800
- Cited by
- 59
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 1.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
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- Reproductive Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
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- Open University of Cape Town (University of Cape Town) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Human Rights and Reproductive Law
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Global Maternal and Child Health
- Keywords
- abortion law, legal abortion, women's knowledge, reproductive health information, unwanted pregnancy, South Africa, Western Cape, public health clinics, reproductive rights
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