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Article 27 of the Constitution of South Africa

Article
27
Chapter
CHAPTER 2 — BILL OF RIGHTS
Index row title
(1) Everyone has the right to have access to— (a) health care services, including reproductive health care;
Source document
The South Africa Constitution
Provision ID
08394ffc-458a-498b-a12c-1407af129889

57 words

Verbatim text

(b) sufficient food and water; and (c) social security, including, if they are unable to support themselves and their dependants, appropriate social assistance. (2) The state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of each of these rights. (3) No one may be refused emergency medical treatment. Children

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 27 of the Constitution of South Africa.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER 2 — BILL OF RIGHTS”.
  • The passage runs to about 57 words.

The row’s stored title is a body fragment, not a heading (“(1) Everyone has the right to have access to— (a) health care services, including reproductive health care;”), so it is not used as the provision’s title here.

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