by CAUSE FOR JUSTICE | Oct 2, 2018 | Cause: Value of Life, Law + Policy Making
National Health Amendment Bill BACKGROUND: What is the cause about? During July 2018, COPE MP, Deidre Carter, published an Explanatory Summary on the proposed National Health Amendment Bill, 2018, requesting public comments on the intended legislation. The Bill seeks...
by CAUSE FOR JUSTICE | Sep 12, 2017 | Cause: Value of Life, Court Cases
Voice Of The Unborn Baby Court Case UPDATE: JUNE 2022 The Constitutional Court handed down its judgement in the Voice of the Unborn Baby case on 15 June 2022. South Africa’s highest court was tasked with deciding several weighty questions. Based on the case that was...
by CAUSE FOR JUSTICE | Aug 8, 2017 | Cause: Value of Life, Law + Policy Making
Amending the Abortion Act UPDATE (September 2018): CHOICE ON TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY AMENDMENT BILL (the Bill) On 4 September 2018, the Portfolio Committee on Health (the committee) reported to the National Assembly (the First House of Parliament) that the committee...
by CAUSE FOR JUSTICE | Dec 8, 2016 | Blog, Cause: Value of Life
The Supreme Court of Appeal declares Euthanasia unlawful in South Africa On 6 December 2016 the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) unanimously overturned the judgment of the Pretoria High Court given in May 2015. Judge Hans Fabricius in May last year opened the door to...
by CAUSE FOR JUSTICE | Oct 11, 2016 | Cause: Value of Life, Court Cases
Euthanasia in South Africa April 2015: South Africa’s first euthanasia court case in the High Court On 29 April 2015 Cause For Justice was admitted as friends of the court in the application by Adv. Stransham-Ford, in which he requested the High Court in...
