Against the Church on Abortion

The Standard Newspaper talks about abortion in an article that claims that abortion should be legalised rather than be prohibited in Kenya. It claims that all Kenyans have the right to privacy, freedom, choice and conscience; therefore why do the churches seek to impose their ideals upon the country, where many may not believe in them? The article points out that the constitution is a document that allows the government to regulate how its citizens interact with each other, and not a document that dictates the moral choices of an individual. These should be their own. The article points the finger at the churches, saying that they are abusing their religious majority to force their ideals upon the rest of the country, and it quotes a certain liberal theorist “"through control of etiquette and morality, society — an unelected power — can do horrific things". This shows that since leaders of the churches are not elected, they do not represent the voice of the people, and can do things their way, without the people to respond to.

Read the article here!