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Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1996 (Act No. 92 of 1996)

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6. Consent by woman to terminate pregnancy

 

(a) A woman requesting the termination of her pregnancy and the medical practitioner or registered midwife performing the termination of the pregnancy of that woman shall complete a standard consent form.
(b) The consent of a woman to the procedure to terminate her pregnancy shall include consent to other surgical procedures which may be necessary as a result of complications associated with the termination of her pregnancy.