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Harare High Court
Community Working Group on Health and Nyasha Batitsa v Minister of Health and Child Welfare and 3 Others
HH-622-25
Case Details
Court
Harare High Court
Date
11 November 2025
Citation
HH-622-25
Neutral Citation
[2025] ZWHH 622
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Application
Bench
Presiding
CHIRAWU-MUGOMBA J
Full Bench
CHIRAWU-MUGOMBA J
Areas of Law
Constitutional LawHealth LawHuman Rights
Keywords
termination of pregnancyunlawful intercoursemental healthconstitutional invalidity
Tags
constitutional challengeabortion lawmental healthreproductive rights
legislation
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether section 4(a) of Termination of Pregnancy Act infringes rights of mentally challenged women by excluding mental health as ground for safe abortion","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Mental health excluded as ground for abortion; mentally ill women face risks from pregnancy"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether section 2(1) definition of unlawful intercourse breaches Constitution by excluding sexual intercourse with mental patients prohibited under section 106 of Mental Health Act","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Definition excludes sexual intercourse with mental patients; mentally ill cannot consent"}
- {"issue_text":"What is the appropriate remedy for constitutional invalidity","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Sections found unconstitutional"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
Applicants challenged constitutional validity of section 4(a) and section 2(1) of Termination of Pregnancy Act for excluding mental health as ground for lawful abortion and excluding sexual intercourse with mental patients under section 106 of Mental Health Act from definition of "unlawful intercourse".
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