South Africa has progressive abortion legislation but there are still a variety of factors that hamstrung women’s access to abortion services. Significant barriers to accessing formal abortion services include a dearth of functioning facilities, active persuasion from others, conscientious objection on the part of service providers, a lack of management support at facilities, costs, fear of breach of confidentiality and stigma.

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