nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230130-203017-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230127s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230130-203017-0 doi eng 342 23 Pickles, Camilla Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-5570-4625 A Promising Future? - Abortion Law and Access in Post-Apartheid South Africa Pickles, Camilla Verfassungsblog 2023-01-27 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act 92 of 1996 (Choice Act) provides the legislative framework that regulates access to abortion in South Africa. It is noted for its liberal stance on abortion and for this reason South Africa ‘serves as a global role model of reform in the area of abortion laws’. Despite its celebrated reproductive rights affirming approach, there are several on-ground issues that undermine the aims of the Act and the reproductive rights and health of those seeking abortion care. In this blog, I position the Choice Act within its historical and contemporary context which provides the necessary backdrop to demonstrate why the Act offers a ground-breaking approach to legislative regulation of abortion care. Thereafter, I explore some of the barriers to access and consider some key state efforts to overcome these issues, thus demonstrating a commitment to ensuring access to abortion care as part of the continuum of sexual and reproductive health care. CC BY-SA 4.0 Abortion Reproductive Rights Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-promising-future/ raw object