Stigma, shame and back street abortion pills
27 January 2019
Sherlin Barends
Cape Town - Sixteen. That’s how old I was the first time I bought a pregnancy test.
“It’s not for me, it’s for a life orientation project,” I nervously explained to the middle-aged woman on the other side of the counter.
Her raised eyebrows and pursed lips were a clear indication she didn’t believe me. She was right not to. There was no assignment that required me, a Grade 10 pupil at the time, to purchase a home pregnancy test.
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