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Uganda: Christians appeal to president over abortion
Mon. January 29, 2007 12:47 pm. -
Bonny Apunyu
(SomaliNet) A religious group, the Uganda Joint Christian Council has appealed to Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni and other political leaders to resist the move to legalise abortion in the pearl of African nation.
"We request President Museveni and the delegation that will represent Uganda at the upcoming meeting of the African Union in Addis Ababa to reject any policy that would expose Uganda in particular and Africa as a whole to mass murder through the legalisation of abortion," the Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) Deputy Secretary for Finance and Administration Sylvester Arinaitwe said .
Speaking to the media at UJCC offices on January 25, Rev. Fr. Arinaitwe said UJCC has reliably learnt that the Maputo Plan of Action for the implementation of the Continental Framework for Sexual and Reproductive Rights intends to affirm the right to abortion.
The Maputo Plan of Action was launched at a meeting of Health Ministers from African Union (AU) member states in September 2006.
According to Fr. Arinaitwe, some political leaders and medical persons were championing the legalisation of abortion as a solution to maternal deaths caused by unsafe abortion.
However, Uganda’s Attorney General Khiddu Makubuya said that he was not aware of any such conference. "I haven't heard about it (conference) but the law here says abortion is illegal. I am not even aware that the government is changing its position," he said. –Daily Monitor.
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