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Legalizing abortion does not mean that all pregnant women should get one. Rather, it is about the right to privacy, freedom of choice and the preservation of female autonomy.
Oct 28, 2019
Civil rights groups, activists and members of the public march through Braamfontein, Johannesburg on International Safe Abortion day. MADELENE CRONJÉ
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is a writer from Yenagoa, Nigeria now living in London. As a Black, queer person, their work focuses on the underexplored angles of the complex lives of women and members of the LGBTQ+ community and how laws and policies affect people at the intersection of misogynoir and queerphobia.



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