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Title Call centres: Anonymous 'safe spaces' for women's experiences of abortion stigma
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8624
Date 2021
Author(s) Xaba, Nonkosi
Contributor(s) Ngabaza, Sisa
Abstract Magister Artium - MA - In South Africa, abortion became a right in 1996 in terms of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, 92 of 1996 (CTOP). However, despite this legal dispensation, debates between pro-life (those against abortion) and pro-choice (those supportive of the law) have continued unabated in liberal South Africa. These debates have resulted in severe stigma for women who choose to terminate their pregnancies. The discourse is shaped by an array of personal, religious, cultural and other social beliefs that differ from community to community. Research shows that access to free post-abortion services is further complicated for women, especially young women, by privacy concerns, the negative attitudes of institutional service providers, and stigma.
Subject(s) Abortion stigma; Safe spaces; Call centres; Body autonomy; Post-termination counselling
Language en
Publisher University of Western Cape
Rights University of Western Cape
Repository Cape Town - Theses and Dissertations, University of Western Cape
Added to C-A: 2022-01-24;09:37:42