The duty to make abortion law transparent : a Malawi case study

dc.contributor.authorKangaude, Godfrey Dalitso
dc.contributor.authorMhango, Chisale
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-06T12:08:18Z
dc.date.issued2018-12
dc.description.abstractDespite adopting a progressive legal and policy framework informed by internationally recognized human rights norms and values, Malawi has not complied with the obligation to explain its abortion law in accordance with legal and human rights standards. In 1930, the colonial government adopted a Penal Code derived from English criminal law, containing provisions regulating access to abortion, but has not undertaken measures to explain when abortion is lawful. What constitutes legal abortion has never been clarified for health providers and potential clients. Consequently, eligible girls and women fail to access safe and legal abortion. The Malawi Law Commission, following its review of the colonial abortion law, has proposed liberal changes which, if implemented, would expand access to safe abortion. However, the immediate step the government ought to take is to clarify the current abortion law, and not to wait for a new law expected to materialize in the indeterminate future.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPrivate Lawen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2019-12-01
dc.description.librarianhj2019en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipRegional Team for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Embassy of Sweden, Lusaka, Zambiaen_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ijgoen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKangaude, G. & Mhango, C. 2018, 'The duty to make abortion law transparent: a Malawi case study', International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, vol. 143, no. 3, pp. 409-413.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0020-7292 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1879-3479 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1002/ijgo.12630
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/69049
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherWileyen_ZA
dc.rights© 2018 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : 'The duty to make abortion law transparent: a Malawi case study', International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, vol. 143, no. 3, pp. 409-413, 2018, doi : 10.1002/ijgo.12630. The definite version is available at : http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ijgo.en_ZA
dc.subjectAbortion lawen_ZA
dc.subjectLegal standardsen_ZA
dc.subjectHuman rights standardsen_ZA
dc.subjectMalawien_ZA
dc.subjectTransparencyen_ZA
dc.subjectLawful abortionen_ZA
dc.subjectImplementationen_ZA
dc.subjectHealth and human rightsen_ZA
dc.subjectColonial abortion lawen_ZA
dc.titleThe duty to make abortion law transparent : a Malawi case studyen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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