When challenged about the lack of campaigns that provide information on the legal status of abortion, Yogan Pillay of the department of health is quoted as saying: “What we don’t want to do is encourage unnecessary abortions. It’s a balance between making these services available, destigmatising them and creating awareness, and at the same time not encouraging people to use it as an alternative to contraception.”
Read this article by Catriona Macleod in the Mail & Guardian: People need to know more about abortion and contraception