Unwanted pregnancies in Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces, South Africa: Examining mortality data on dumped aborted fetuses and babies
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Unwanted pregnancies in Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces, South Africa: examining mortality data on dumped aborted fetuses and babies.
BACKGROUND Across the world, millions of women unintentionally become pregnant and decide to terminate the pregnancy. Despite progressive abortion laws in South Africa (SA), evidence suggests that many women of all ages still resort to unsafe terminations outside legal, designated facilities. Media reports alert the public to an increase in the illegal dumping of fetuses and abandoned babies, s...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Medical Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2078-5135
DOI: 10.7196/samj.8504