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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In South Africa, abortion is legal. All primary reasons for an abortion are permitted, including to save the life of the woman, to preserve physical health , to preserve mental health, rape or incest, fetal impairment, economic or social reasons or available on request. | In South Africa, abortion is legal. All primary reasons for an abortion are permitted, including to save the life of the woman, to preserve physical health , to preserve mental health, rape or incest, fetal impairment, economic or social reasons or available on request. For the abortion to be legal, the woman must first get approval from two independent physicians (not including the physician who will perform the abortion). One of the consulting physicians must have practiced medicine for at least four years. If the abortion is being performed to preserve the woman's mental health, a psychiatrist must be one of the consulting physicians. If the abortion is being performed due to unlawful intercourse, a district surgeon must approve of the abortion. Furthermore, if the abortion is being performed due to rape, incest or intercourse with a developmentally-disabled woman, there will typically need to be a certificate issued by a local magistrate to authorize the abortion on such grounds. | ||
The abortion cannot be performed by any of the consulting physicians. It must be performed at a government hospital (or another approved institution) by a physician. The hospital superintendent must approve the abortion.<ref>[http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/profiles.htm UN Report: Abortion Law in South Africa]</ref> | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||