June 12, 2012 | Project news
Estelle Ellis, one of the reporters involved in our collaborative reproductive health reporting project, has just published her in-depth series on the abortion crisis gripping the Eastern Cape province in South Africa.
Estelle has spent the last few months reporting on the topic; Pulitzer Center journalists Jina Moore and Jake Naughton joined her in the field in late March.
Her reporting takes a look at the challenges facing the Eastern Cape's Health Department as demand for free abortions in state clinics far outstrips supply, and the resulting rise in illegal abortions.