Many abortion providers continue to face a social backlash for the procedures they facilitate, despite the important role they play in upholding sexual reproductive health rights. Practitioners from the Western Cape metro health district gathered on ...
The health workers who provide abortion services within primary healthcare facilities face an array of challenges, including the stigma that continues to shroud this aspect of sexual reproductive health in many communities.
Grammar was speaking at a gathering of sexual reproductive health and abortion service providers from the Western Cape metro health district on 10 March – Abortion Provider Appreciation Day. The event was hosted by the provincial metro health services and partners. “It takes champions [in] making sure that we hold the flag for… comprehensive reproductive rights, so each stakeholder in this room – each individual, each team, each organisation, wherever you find yourselves in the health system… I salute you and acknowledge you for the work that you do in making the realisation of sexual reproductive health a reality,” said Grammar.
“I did the procedures but it was hard, and at that time, I had no support at that [health] facility where I worked,” Ranape told“The only support I got was from outside, from [the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce], from the [Sexual and Reproductive Justice Coalition] and from End Abortion Stigma.
Nosipho Mondi, a nurse and abortion provider at False Bay Hospital, said it made a big difference to be acknowledged and hear about other practitioners’ experiences.
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