SOUTH AFRICA: ABORTION STATISTICS The prevailing conviction of South Africans has been strongly
pro-life. Pressure by international and national groups resulted in Abortion-on-Demand
("Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1996") being legalised and
implemented on 1 February 1997.
STATISTICS according to the Dept of Health
26, 401
babies were killed in
1997
79 babies every day,
39, 177
dto.
1998
107 dto.
46, 188
dto.
1999
127 dto.
49, 690
dto.
2000
136 dto.
57, 451
dto.
2001
157 dto.
57, 472
dto.
2002
157 dto.
51, 740
dto.
2003
148 dto.
Total since 1997: 328,123
- That means over 50 thousand abortions each year for the past 3 years.
- On average since 1997 every day 127 babies lives were terminated.
