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In Namibia, abortion is not legally available upon request. It is only legally permitted in certain circumstances, which include: if the pregnancy endangers the life of the pregnant person, if the pregnancy causes endangerment to the pregnant person's physical or mental health, if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, or if there is serious risk of fetal impairment. However, you cannot legally obtain an abortion for economic or social reasons, or simply because you request it.<ref>[https://www.womenonwaves.org/en/page/5011/abortion-law-namibia Abortion law Namibia]</ref> <ref>[http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/profiles.htm Abortion Policies - Namibia]</ref> | In Namibia, abortion is not legally available upon request. It is only legally permitted in certain circumstances, which include: if the pregnancy endangers the life of the pregnant person, if the pregnancy causes endangerment to the pregnant person's physical or mental health, if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, or if there is serious risk of fetal impairment. However, you cannot legally obtain an abortion for economic or social reasons, or simply because you request it.<ref>[https://www.womenonwaves.org/en/page/5011/abortion-law-namibia Abortion law Namibia]</ref> <ref>[http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/profiles.htm Abortion Policies - Namibia]</ref> | ||
For an abortion to be legally performed, the operation must take place in a government hospital or in an approved medical facility. Furthermore, two other physicians (in addition to the woman's primary physician) must approve of the abortion by certifying the grounds on which the abortion is being performed.<ref>[http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/profiles.htm Abortion Policies - Namibia]</ref> | |||
The abortion laws in Namibia come from the Abortion and Sterilization Act of South Africa (1975), which Namibia inherited as its own law when it became an independent state. This laws come from the country's colonial past, when it was managed by apartheid South Africa, and some have argued that they are conservative and regressive for the times. However, Namibia is a rather religious country, so others have argued that the law reflect the values of the general populace. There is certainly a continual debate in Namibia regarding the legal status of abortion. You can read articles from [https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=126629&page=archive-read here] and [https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=65722&page=archive-read here], where people wrote some of their thoughts on its legal status. | |||
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