Abortions

Researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand have gathered data from the Diepkloof Forensic Pathology Service in Soweto to better understand why so many women turn to…

This database shows you where you can find safe family planning services near you. It’s verified two to four times a year by a dedicated team of data capturers and ‘secret…

The way we deal with abortion is shaped and directed by the language we use to talk about it

Women will be disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic, particularly considering their contribution as caregivers, in both professional and domestic settings

The government plans to overhaul the country’s current abortion laws

The bans are expected to be blocked in lower courts, but supporters plan to appeal such decisions until they reach the Supreme Court

The text, which the Republican-led senate sent to Governor Ivey’s desk for signature into law, doesn’t include exceptions in cases of rape or incest

Nomthandazo* thought her and her partner were happily expecting their first baby together. She was wrong.

People who pass judgment on those terminate their pregnancies can have fatal consequences

Washington threatened a veto if the text spoke of reproductive rights

Louisiana and Kansas had asked the highest court in the land to intervene after losing their case against family planning group Planned Parenthood

Our readers write in about M&G’s bias, and constitutional reform

Obstetrician Eddie Mhlanga often had to attend to women who had unsafe abortions during apartheid, when abortion was illegal in South Africa.

Our country has a duty to ensure women’s rights are protected here and in the region

We teamed up with readers and translators to create some of the first graphics ever on abortion in all South Africa’s official languages.