The Choice Of Termination Act 1996

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Eddie Mhlanga is one of the authors of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act. (Dylan Bush)

‘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.

Laura López González

Undercover: Bhekisisa reporter Pontsho Pilane posed as a pregnant woman considering an abortion at the Amato Centre in Pretoria to learn about the pregnancy counselling it offers. (Oupa Nkosi)

Pregnant? Need an abortion? Here’s where not to go

Are faith-based NGOs breaking the law when they refuse to give women information on where to terminate their pregnancies?

Pontsho Pilane