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Knowledge of the abortion legislation among South African women: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: In order to ensure that legalized abortion in South Africa improves reproductive health, women must know that abortion is a legal option in the case of unwanted pregnancy. This study investigated knowledge of abortion legislation eight years after the introduction of legal abortion servi...

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Autores principales:	Morroni, Chelsea, Myer, Landon, Tibazarwa, Kemilembe
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2006
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1555575/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16887015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4755-3-7

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