- Ramprakash Kaswa: Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha. rp.kaswa@gmail.com.
Despite the implementation of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act, many women continue to procure illegal abortions in South Africa. A lack of knowledge of the CTOP Act and poor access to legal abortion in public health facilities is a big challenge. In the scope of the CTOP Act, the termination of pregnancy is a time-restricted health service, and women presented to a health care facility in the second trimester have encounter more obstacles to access the services.