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Author:   Ulandi du Plessis ,  Catriona Ida Macleod
Publisher:   Wits University Press
Imprint:   Wits University Press
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9781776148738

ISBN 10:   1776148738
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   01 March 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgements Abbreviations and Acronyms Note on Terminology Introduction: Setting the scene Chapter 1 ‘If it is legal these days, I do not know’: Knowledge of abortion legislation and services Chapter 2 Aborting a pregnancy: The complexity of the decision-making process Chapter 3 Sin, injury and discord: Community attitudes and understandings of abortion Chapter 4 ‘And the story spread’: Abortion stigma in rural South Africa Chapter 5 Barriers to having an abortion in rural South Africa Chapter 6 The conundrum of confidentiality versus cost: Abortion service provision preferences Conclusion: Implications and future directions Notes Bibliography Index

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"""This is a timely resource highlighting many interrelated obstacles which continue to stand between individuals and their sexual and reproductive health rights. The authors provide a pragmatic way forward towards various facets of abortion care. I highly recommend this book to scholars, researchers, health practitioners, human rights advocates, legal practitioners, policymakers and political leaders, and civil society.""--Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, and Distinguished Lecturer, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law ""Ulandi du Plessis and Catriona Ida Macleod provide a wide-ranging, incisive examination of the multiple and complex challenges facing women in rural areas in South Africa who need abortions. Their comprehensive analysis illustrates the possibilities of how unsafe abortions can be addressed, maternal mortality reduced, and reproductive justice achieved. This book should be essential reading for all students, scholars, policymakers and activists tasked with understanding both the challenges of and solutions to unsafe abortion in rural areas in South Africa and beyond. -""--Dr Fiona Bloomer, Course Director: Health and Social Care Policy, School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, Ulster University"

Author Information

Ulandi du Plessis is Senior Researcher and Programme Manager at the Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction research programme at Rhodes University, South Africa. Catriona Ida Macleod is Distinguished Professor of Psychology and SARChI Chair of Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction at Rhodes University, South Africa.

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