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PMID: 20857591 Owner: HMD Status: MEDLINE |
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This article examines the struggle over abortion law reform that preceded the enactment in 1975 of the first statutory law on abortion in South Africa. The ruling National Party government produced legislation intended to eliminate access to doctors willing to procure abortions in an attempt to prevent young, unmarried white women from engaging in premarital (hetero) sexual activity. It was also aimed at strictly regulating the medical profession’s actions with regards to abortion. The production of the abortion legislation was directly influenced by international struggles for accessible abortion and, more broadly, sexual liberation. The regime believed South Africa was being infiltrated by Western "immorality" and the abortion law was an attempt to buttress racist heteropatriarchal apartheid culture. Examining the abortion controversy highlights the global circulation of ideas about reproduction in the twentieth century and foregrounds a neglected dimension of the history of sexual regulation in apartheid South Africa: the disciplining and regulation of white female reproductive sexuality. |
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Authors:
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Susanne M Klausen |
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of women's history Volume: 22 ISSN: 1042-7961 ISO Abbreviation: J Womens Hist Publication Date: 2010 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-09-21 Completed Date: 2010-12-30 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100968143 Medline TA: J Womens Hist Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 39-63 Citation Subset: Q |
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Abortion, Induced*
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economics,
education,
history,
legislation & jurisprudence,
psychology Cultural Characteristics Government Regulation / history History, 20th Century Legislation as Topic* / history Physician-Patient Relations Prejudice Public Policy* / economics, history, legislation & jurisprudence Race Relations* / history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology Sexuality / ethnology, history, physiology, psychology Social Identification South Africa / ethnology Women's Health* / ethnology, history Women's Rights* / economics, education, history, legislation & jurisprudence |
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