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Abortion Under Apartheid

Abortion Under Apartheid

January 30, 2016 00:43:10

Guests: Klausen, Susanne

Host: Alegi, Peter
Limb, Peter

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Episode 097

Reproductive Rights in South Africa

Susanne Klausen (History, Carleton U.) on the history and politics of women's reproductive rights in South Africa. Our discussion of race, nationalism, and women's sexuality focuses on her new book, Abortion Under Apartheid, the first full-length study of the history of abortion in an African context. The interview concludes with an assessment of the present and future of abortion rights in South Africa and internationally.

00:00:00 - 00:02:04 Introduction
00:02:05 - 00:05:23 Klausen's Beginning on Women’s Reproductive Rights in Canada and South Africa
00:05:24 - 00:13:29 Klausen's first book, "Race Maternity, and the Politics of Birth Control in South Africa, 1910-39"
00:13:30 - 00:32:01 Abortion Under Apartheid
00:32:02 - 00:41:49 The Present and Future of Abortion Rights in South Africa and Internationally.
00:41:50 - 00:43:10 Outro

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Alegi, Peter, Peter Limb, and Susanne Klausen. "Reproductive Rights in South Africa". Africa Past and Present, January 30, 2016. https://afripod.aodl.org/fullPodcast/episode=097/.