Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha.
S Afr Fam Pract (2004). 2020 Dec 10;62(1):e1-e5. doi: 10.4102/safp.v62i1.5240.
Access to sexual and reproductive healthcare is a constitutional right and on a broader perspective is part of the universal right to health. The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act of 1996 was a major step towards commitment to providing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services in an equitable and rights-based approach. Despite abortion being legally available, unsafe abortion is still an avoidable factor of maternal deaths after more than two decades of abortion law reform in South Africa. The CTOP Act 92 of 1996, with its amendments, provides a legislative framework; however, more is needed to reaffirm the sexual and reproductive health freedom.
获得性与生殖保健服务是一项宪法权利，从更广泛的角度看，也是普遍健康权利的一部分。1996 年《终止妊娠选择法案》（CTOP 法案）是朝着承诺以公平和基于权利的方式提供全面性与生殖健康服务迈出的重要一步。尽管堕胎在法律上是可行的，但在南非进行了二十多年的堕胎法改革之后，不安全堕胎仍然是导致产妇死亡的一个可避免因素。1996 年的《终止妊娠选择法案》（CTOP 法案）及其修正案提供了一个立法框架；然而，还需要更多的努力来重申性与生殖健康自由。
