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Abortion in Namibia
Abortion in Namibia is restricted under the Abortion and Sterilisation Act of South Africa (1975),[1] which Namibia inherited at the time of Independence from South Africa in March 1990. The act only allows for the termination of a pregnancy in cases of serious threat to the maternal or fetal health or when the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest. This law has not been updated since, and attempts to liberalise it have been met with fierce opposition from religious and women's groups.[2]
- ^ "Abortion and Sterilization Act No. 2 of 1975" (PDF). 1975.
- ^ Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (2016). "Namibia: Unsafe Abortion" (PDF).
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