Outputs (21)

'Everything is Obstetric Violence Now': Identifying the Violence in 'Obstetric Violence' to Strengthen Socio-legal Reform Efforts (2024)
Journal Article
Pickles, C. (2024). 'Everything is Obstetric Violence Now': Identifying the Violence in 'Obstetric Violence' to Strengthen Socio-legal Reform Efforts. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqae016

Since its global uptake, 'obstetric violence' is increasingly used to capture any/all violations during reproductive healthcare, with few conceptual limits. Consequently, it runs the risk of becoming an overgeneralised concept, making it difficult to... Read More about 'Everything is Obstetric Violence Now': Identifying the Violence in 'Obstetric Violence' to Strengthen Socio-legal Reform Efforts.

“Obstetric Violence,” “Mistreatment,” and “Disrespect and Abuse”: Reflections on the Politics of Naming Violations During Facility-Based Childbirth (2023)
Journal Article
Pickles, C. (2023). “Obstetric Violence,” “Mistreatment,” and “Disrespect and Abuse”: Reflections on the Politics of Naming Violations During Facility-Based Childbirth. Hypatia, https://doi.org/10.1017/hyp.2023.73

Naming performs an important function in society. Names shape our reality by creating the means to bring into existence previously unseen events or unacknowledged experiences, and naming impacts how society responds to these. This article interrogate... Read More about “Obstetric Violence,” “Mistreatment,” and “Disrespect and Abuse”: Reflections on the Politics of Naming Violations During Facility-Based Childbirth.

Medical guidelines in South African courts: exploring their role in medical negligence matters (2021)
Book Chapter
Pickles, C. (2021). Medical guidelines in South African courts: exploring their role in medical negligence matters. In J. Samanta, & A. Samanta (Eds.), Clinical Guidelines and the Law of Medical Negligence (80-111). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789908893.00011

This chapter analyses South African courts' approach to clinical guidelines in medical negligence case law. It is widely accepted that guidelines 'do not have the status of law' and this was recently confirmed by the Western Cape High Court. However,... Read More about Medical guidelines in South African courts: exploring their role in medical negligence matters.

When ‘Battery’ is not Enough: Exposing the Gaps in Unauthorised Vaginal Examinations During Labour as a Crime of Battery (2020)
Book Chapter
Pickles, C. (2020). When ‘Battery’ is not Enough: Exposing the Gaps in Unauthorised Vaginal Examinations During Labour as a Crime of Battery. In C. Pickles, & J. Herring (Eds.), Women’s Birthing Bodies and the Law: Unauthorised Intimate Examinations, Power and Vulnerability (127-142). Hart Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509937608.ch-009

Leaving women behind: The application of evidence-based guidelines, law, and obstetric violence by omission (2019)
Book Chapter
Pickles, C. (2019). Leaving women behind: The application of evidence-based guidelines, law, and obstetric violence by omission. In C. Pickles, & J. Herring (Eds.), Childbirth, vulnerability and law: exploring issues of violence and control (140-160). (New Edition). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429443718

Childbirth, Vulnerability and Law (2019)
Book
Pickles, C., & Herring, J. (Eds.). (2019). Childbirth, Vulnerability and Law. Routledge

Sounding the Alarm: Government of The Republic of Namibia v LM and Women's Rights during Childbirth in South Africa (2018)
Journal Article
Pickles, C. (2018). Sounding the Alarm: Government of The Republic of Namibia v LM and Women's Rights during Childbirth in South Africa. Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 21, 1-34. https://doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2018/v21i0a4303

Government of the Republic of Namibia v LM [2014] NASC 19 (hereafter the LM case) concerns the involuntary sterilisation of women during childbirth. The Supreme Court of Namibia found that obtaining consent during the height of labour is inappropriat... Read More about Sounding the Alarm: Government of The Republic of Namibia v LM and Women's Rights during Childbirth in South Africa.

Self-Induced Abortion in South Africa and Section 10 of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act 92 of 1996 (2017)
Journal Article
Pickles, C. (2017). Self-Induced Abortion in South Africa and Section 10 of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act 92 of 1996. South African Journal on Human Rights, 33(3), 496-506. https://doi.org/10.1080/02587203.2017.1394010

Pregnancy Law in South Africa: Between Reproductive Autonomy and Foetal Interests (2017)
Book
Pickles, C. (2017). Pregnancy Law in South Africa: Between Reproductive Autonomy and Foetal Interests. (New Edition). Juta

Feticide: Continuing the Search for a Unified Approach to the Unborn (2017)
Journal Article
Pickles, C. (2017). Feticide: Continuing the Search for a Unified Approach to the Unborn. Tydskrif vir hedendaagse romeins-hollandse reg, 80(1), 44-61

Die artikel oorweeg die vraagstuk van “feticide” en die moontlike toepassing daarvan in Suid Afrika binne die konteks van geweld teen swanger vroue wat lei tot die beëindiging van 'n swangerskap. S v Mshumpa 2008 1 SACR 126 (OK) bevestig dat die geme... Read More about Feticide: Continuing the Search for a Unified Approach to the Unborn.