Court to hear landmark case on safe child relinquishment

PRETORIA - The High Court in Pretoria is set to hear a landmark case on safe child relinquishment.

The court will decide whether South African law should recognise safe relinquishment, including baby savers as a legal alternative to abandonment.

Advocates argue that current laws criminalise desperate mothers, contributing to unsafe infant abandonment.

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They say this is not just about children, but also the systemic realities affecting and shaping women’s reproductive choices.