The Constitutionality of Abortion on Request in South Africa

Abstract

This file contains documents associated with a prize moot held on 10 August 1995 at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. The issue in the moot was: do s2 and s3 of the Abortion and Sterilisation Act 2 of 1975 (South Africa) unreasonably and unjustifiably infringe the applicant's constitutionally protected rights of privacy and dignity (s13 and s10) and right to equality (s8), and if there is a violation of any of these rights, whether such violation is permissible in terms of the "limitations clause" (s33) of the Constitution. The article contains an outline of the topic of the moot, relevant South African legislation, the Applicant's Argument; and the Respondent's Argument.

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