By Deon de Lange and Sapa, the Cape Argus:
Pressure groups are threatening to take the government to court over a controversial abortion law recently approved by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP).
The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill which allows children as young as 12 to terminate a pregnancy without the consent of a legal guardian is expected to be signed into law soon by President Thabo Mbeki.
In August 2006 the bill’s original adoption by the NCOP was declared invalid by the Constitutional Court after Doctors for Life International successfully challenged it.
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