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Pro-abortion law opposed
A pregnant woman. Fida is insisting that it is proposing the new law with the interest of women who find themselves carrying unwanted pregnancies. Photo/FILE
By SAMWEL KUMBA and DANIEL WESANGULA
Posted Friday, August 22 2008 at 20:15
Posted Friday, August 22 2008 at 20:15
In Summary
- Ms Ndung’u believes that abortion is more of a health issue.
- The Catholic and the Methodist churches as well as the Muslims have strongly opposed to the proposed law
- Fida: A statement by a pregnant woman that her pregnancy is as a result of sexual assault, rape, defilement or incest is adequate to guarantee legal abortion.
Dr Khalwale, a gynaecologist by profession, says that the 10th Parliament is not as ‘immoral’ as to be blackmailed into legislating laws that do not add value to the lives of Kenyans.
He trivialised the move, saying that Fida only wants to justify the funding it gets from donors.
Additional reporting by Kitavi Mutua
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Submitted by WakaleePosted August 23, 2008 07:53 PM
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Abortion is murder whether a woman was raped or does not want to carry the preganancy to maturity. Ms Njoki Ndung'u, you are wrong. You an choose religion, but not taking someone else's life! Parliamentarians should be the voice of the people even the voiceless like the unborn. Legalised or not, it remains eveil even if everybody does it!