The Proposed Constitution of Kenya is a big step forward in the development of Kenya and its progress in the fast-changing 21st century. There are many changes and modifications to the current Constitution of Kenya, touching on a variety of topics. One thing that the Proposed Constitution has not however, legalized is abortion. I believe that abortion should be legalized and women should have the right to choose whether they want to abort a child or not.
The Proposed Constitution of Kenya states in the Bill of Rights, Part 2, Article 26, Clause 4: “Abortion is not permitted unless, in the opinion of a trained health professional, there is need for emergency treatment, or the life or health of the mother is in danger, or if permitted by any other written law.” In my opinion, the state should not interfere with the moral decisions of a woman, and it should be her right to her body and to decide whether she wants to keep the child, or abort it. The state does not even allow abortion in the case of rape or incest, where it is not the mother’s fault, and it should be her right to abort the child forced upon her.
Also, the Constitution proclaims that life begins at conception, but the fertilized eggs used in vitro-fertilization (test-tube babies), which are not implanted in the uterus are always thrown away. The constitution does not deem this as murder, but does abortion.
This is a problem because, if these abortions are not legalized, women will continue to have unsafe, illegal back-alley abortions, which result in serious harm to the woman. This kills thousands of women each year in Kenya. It is estimated that more than 300,000 Kenyan women go through illegal abortion every year (2003 survey); these numbers could have increased by a great amount due to the liberalism of Kenyan society at the moment. These illegal abortions are very dangerous to women, and 20% of all maternal deaths are due to this unsafe method of abortion.The number of women hospitalized due to illegal abortion-induced consequences in East Africa in the year 2000 exceeds 600,000. This number can be greatly reduced if safe and clinical abortion practices are legalized in Kenya.
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I completely agree with you as the mother should have the right over her child. For instance, the mother should be allowed to abort the child in the case of rape. It is not the mothers fault and she should have the choice to either keep the child or abort it.
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I do not agree with you. How would you feel if you got raped and aborted by your mother?
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How would YOU feel if you got raped, and the child of some unknown rapist was forced upon you, and you had to go through 9 months of labor, and provide a decent life for that child that was not your choice in the first place?
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ReplyDeleteI would feel blessed and lucky that I'm alive and existing in this world.
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Won't you be a burden on a mother who didn't want to have you in the first place? You were forced upon her by some rapist, and she has the right to get rid of you.
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ReplyDeleteSo, since you deleted my last comment which was exactly the same as this one. You obiously agree that there's really no point in your blog right?
ReplyDeleteI have quite a few questions
ReplyDeletea) How would you have felt if you were aborted?
b) Dont you feel that everyone has the right to live?
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