Abortion Under Apartheid: Nationalism, Sexuality, and Women's Reproductive Rights in South Africa

Synopsis

This Work Examines The Criminalisation Of Abortion In South Africa During Apartheid (1948-1990) And Its Impact On Women Of All 'races' Determined To Terminate Unwanted Pregnancies. It Also Traces The Emergence Of A Movement For Abortion Law Reform And The 1975 Passage Of South Africa's First Statutory Law On Abortion. 'i'd Never Had Pain Like That -- A Searing, Dying Agony' : Racialized Clandestine Abortion -- 'south Africa Is Experiencing An All-out Attack By Permissiveness' : Communism, Immorality, And The Disintegration Of Apartheid Culture -- 'my Uterus Belongs To Me' : The Campaign For Abortion Law Reform -- 'the Trial The World Is Watching' : The Crichton-watts Trial, 1972 -- 'subjected To Relentless And Grueling Cross-examination' : The Crichton-maharaj Trial, 1973 -- 'reclaiming The White Daughter's Purity' : The Passage Of The 1975 Abortion And Sterilization Act -- 'the Actual Matter Is With Us Whites' : Abortion And The 'black Peril' -- 'the Law Is A Total Failure' : Abortion From 1975 To The End Of Apartheid -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: The Abortion And Sterilization Act (1975). Susanne M. Klausen. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 285-305) And Index.