ABORTION SERVICES AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE IN RURAL SOUTH AFRICA

178pp., illus., map, paperback, Johannesburg, 2024

Draws on the findings of a study conducted in three rural districts of the Eastern Cape.

Ulandi du Plessis and Catriona Ida Macleod provide a wide-ranging, incisive examination of the multiple and complex challenges facing women in rural areas in South Africa who need abortions. Their comprehensive analysis illustrates the possibilities of how unsafe abortions can be addressed, maternal mortality reduced, and reproductive justice achieved." Dr Fiona Bloomer, Course Director: Health and Social Care Policy, School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, Ulster University

Ulandi du Plessis is Senior Researcher and Programme Manager at the Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction research programme at Rhodes University.

Catriona Ida Macleod is Distinguished Professor of Psychology and SARChI Chair of Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction at Rhodes University.