Claim: Teachers to help with access to abortions under proposed changes to South Africa's basic education laws? Beware misleading claims
Fact-check: Teachers to help with access to abortions under proposed changes to South Africa's basic education laws? Beware misleading claims
Verdict: south africa's proposed basic education laws amendment bill, known as the bela bill, does not make any mention of the termination of pregnancies. so viral claims about teachers having to help facilitate access to abortion are false, though the bill does address the management of pregnancies amongst school students.
Organisation: Africa Check
Author: Geruza Bumba
Date published: 2023-09-01T00:00:00