Claiming and defending abortion rights in South Africa

Claiming and Defending Abortion Rights in South Africa Reivindicando E Defendendo O Direito Ao Aborto Na África Do Sul

THE SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY ENABLED SUCCESSFUL CLAIMS FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN THE CONSTITUTION AND IN LAW. THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THAT TRANSITION WITH A FOCUS ON THE ENACTMENT OF A PROGRESSIVE ABORTION LAW; THE FEMINIST, RIGHTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH NARRATIVES THAT JUSTIFIED IT; AND THE MANNER IN WHICH IT TRANSFORMED CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL NORMS ABOUT WOMEN AND...

Apartheid medicine. Health and human rights in South Africa.

Human rights and health care under apartheid in South Africa were studied. Human rights violations, such as detention without charge or trial, assault and torture in police custody, and restriction orders, have had devastating effects on the health of persons experiencing them. These violations have occurred in the context of a deliberate policy of discriminatory health care favoring the white ...

Health research and human rights in South Africa.

Bodies, rights and abortion.

The issue of abortion is discussed with reference to the claim that people have a right of control over their own bodies. Do people "own" their own bodies? If so, what would be entailed? These questions are discussed in commonsense terms and also in relation to the jurisprudence of Hohfeld, Honore, Munzer and Waldron. It is argued that whether or not women are morally and/or should be legally e...

Abortion rights in America.