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Is the Right to Get Pregnant a Fundamental Human Right in Botswana?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1995

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References

1 Student Representative Council, Molepolole College of Education v. Attorney General of Botswana (for and on behalf of the Principal of Molepolole College of Education and Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Education) Unreported, Civil Appeal No. 13 of 1994, Misca No. 396 of 1993. Judgment delivered on 31 January, 1995.

2 Per Mokama, C.J., quoted by Amissah, J.P., ibid. at 20.

3 ibid. at 31 of the transcript.

4 ibid. at 31–32.

5 ibid. at 33.

6 [1992] LRC (Const) 623 (CA). See Quansah, E. K., “Unity Dow v. Attorney General of Botswana, one more relic of a woman's servitude removed?” (1992) 4 RADIC 195 and “Unity Dow v. Attorney General of Botswana—the sequel”, (1993) 5 RADIC 189.Google Scholar

7 See 26 of the transcript.

8 Ibid. at 26.

9 Per Amissah, J.P., at 27 of the transcript.

10 Above, n. 6.

11 See Quansah, above, n. 6 205.

12 1992 (3) SA 181.Google Scholar

13 This case was relied upon by the respondent in the SRC case. See 29 of the transcript.

14 1992 (1) SA 513.Google Scholar Noted in (1993) 37 JAL 97.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

15 See Quansah, above, n. 6, 206.