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Study on Nineteen Years (1996-2014) Trend of Illegal Abortion in the Transkeisub-Region of South Africa

B L Meel. , B L Meel

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Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 13(3):p 383-388, . | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijfmp.0974.3383.13320.3
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B L Meel. Study on Nineteen Years (1996-2014) Trend of Illegal Abortion in the Transkeisub-Region of South Africa. Indian J
Forensic Med Pathol. 2020;13(3):383–388.
 

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Illegal abortion is a serious and preventable public health problem affecting women of reproductive age. Despite the implementation of a law legalising abortion in 1996 in South Africa, a high number of illegal abortions are still being carried out. The objective of this study
the trend of illegal abortion in the Transkei sub-region of South Africa (1996–2014). This is a retrospective record review, a descriptive study on criminal abortion. All aborted foetuses brought for medico-legal examination at the Mthatha Forensic Pathology Laboratory between
1996 and 2014 were recorded in the post-mortem register. In total 4986 unnatural deaths among females were recorded, which accounted for 21.51% of all unnatural deaths in this region from 1996 to 2014. Abortus material or products of conception ranked ninth in the list of autopsiedcases of unnatural deaths; these numbered 208(4.17%) of all autopsied non-natural deaths. The average number of foetal deaths were 10.94 (5.2%) each year. This was highest (17.31%) in 2010, and lowest (0.48%) in 1997 in this study.There is an increasing trend ofillegal abortion in the Transkei sub-region of South Africa. Government must pay attention to the issue of illegal abortion in this region.


Keywords: Illegal Abortion; Foetuses; Death
 

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