by Women's Health | Oct 7, 2024 | Mental Health
Social psychologist Hilary Davies shares her experience and lays out the need for open conversations about miscarriages, abortions and pregnancy. **Trigger Warning: This personal experience piece discusses sensitive topics such as abortion, miscarriage, pregnancy and...
by Women's Health | Sep 6, 2019 | Health
We’ve all seen them. The abortion posters plastered all over our cities’ electricity boxes, streetlight poles and on public dustbins that read: “100% SAFE ABORTION: SAME DAY – NO PAIN” usually accompanied by a cellphone number. Many of us might have even laughed...
by Women's Health | May 16, 2019 | Health
It’s your body, it’s your choice. That is your right. An abortion can be done either medically or surgically. Here are the legal, safe abortion options near you. How to know whether a clinic or abortion service is unsafe. South Africa has some of the most...
by Women's Health | May 2, 2018 | Health
It happens: you’re faced with an unplanned, unwanted pregnancy. What are your options? In South Africa, there are two forms of legal abortion: surgical and medical termination of pregnancy. A surgical abortion is allowed from four to 20 weeks of pregnancy, while...
by Women's Health | Sep 28, 2017 | Health
It’s been a little over 20 years since the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act was passed in South Africa, legalising abortion. Since then mortality rates for women undergoing abortions has declined by 91%. Over 90 000 legal abortions were performed in South Africa...
