Catholic News Agency
Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug 24, 2019 / 03:38 pm (CNA).- Despite efforts by abortion advocates to expand the number of abortion clinics in South Africa, doctors in the country are largely unwilling to perform the procedure. . . [Full text]
The difficulty identified in the article is not surprising given the aversion to abortion among the general population and health care professionals. This is not a new issue. In changing the abortion law, the South African government ignored warnings that the health care system was not prepared to handle the influx of patients the law would likely trigger, and failed to take into account objections by signficant numbers of health care workers. See:
No place for abortion in African traditional life.
South Africa changes abortion law (1996): warnings ignored.
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