A Culture of Abortion

A chilling picture painted from Port Elizabeth, South Africa in the Mail & Guardian Online:

The health worker said the fact that girls did not need their parents' permission to have an abortion, and that nurses were bound by confidentiality, were all part of the problem.

"Young girls -- some in their school uniforms -- come to the hospital in droves during school hours," she said.

"Many girls use abortion as a method of contraception, as you see many of these young faces coming for an abortion for a second time."