#0  #SidebarWithSindi: Why do young women do chose abortion over adoption?

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They say that women see giving up their babies as more emotionally painful than terminating their pregnancies.” Is this true?

Last year in March, 2018 South African MP, Cheryllyn Dudley, seeking to introduce changes to South African abortion law claimed 200,000 abortions took place each year, many of them “repeats”.

Official figures for abortions in public and private facilities in the last three years show about half this number per year.

Now there is also an article that we read that says “since abortions were legalised in South Africa young pregnant women are opting rather for an abortion than putting their illegitimate babies up for adoption.
Season 0 / Episode 0 19 Jun 2019 English Explicit South Africa Personal Journals · Health & Fitness

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